It breeds in northern regions of Europe and Asia, from Iceland south to northernmost Scotland, and east through Scandinavia, the Baltic States, northern Poland and Belarus, and through most of Russia to about 165°E in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. In recent years it has expanded its range slightly, both in eastern Europe where it now breeds south into northern Ukraine, and in southern Greenland, where the Qaqortoq area was colonised in 1990–1991. It is often replaced by the related ring ouzel in areas of higher altitude.[8] It is migratory, wintering in western, central and southern Europe, north-west Africa, and south-west Asia east to northern Iran. Birds in some parts of the west of the breeding range (particularly south-western Norway) may be resident, not migrating at all, while those in the far east of the range migrate at least 6,500–7,000 km to reach their wintering grounds. There are multiple records of vagrants from the north-east coast of North America, as well as two sighti...
What you call a chiffchaff is not one. Chiffchaff and other Phylloscopus never have such prominent black stripes, they are all mostly uniform olive-yellow-grayish. This one is Sedge Warbler (Камышевка-барсучок).
ReplyDeleteFor the one you call Juvenile Spotted Flycatcher it does not look like one for me too. I am not sure Spotted Flycatcher has such long pointed yellow bill. For me it looks more like some Phylloscopus warbler though I cannot tell exactly.