Bog standard chiff chaffs!

Caramba!!! with such combined expertise at hand, my sad little attempt at trying to raise a few questions seems rightiously flattened. A little bit of knowledge would indeed seem to be a dangerous thing!

I did think the BWP was considered to be of some virtue: "Commonest call of north western birds a soft but quite emphatic "hweet"; of eastern races a shriller and more plaintive "sweeoo" or "pseet", recalling a young chicken (?) in distress", but apparently not!

My garden this morning full of robins (at least eight) hissing like kettles and singing that dreary winter song, inbetween beating up yet more (bog standard) chiff's.

I will get back to splashy things... allthingsgood, cliff