Common chiffchaff point, appears to be used to advertise an established territory and contact the female, rather than as a paternity guard strategy. Beyond the core territory, there is a larger feeding range which is variable in size, but typically ten or more times the area of the breeding territory. It is believed that the female has a larger feeding range than the male. After breeding has finished, this species abandons its territory, and may join small flocks including other warblers prior to migration. The male common chiffchaff returns to its breeding territory two or three weeks before the female and immediately
Birds, Beasts, and Relatives the huge success of "My Family". Durrell wrote "Birds, Beasts and Relatives" primarily to raise money for his animal-collecting expeditions. "Birds, Beasts, and Relatives", like "My Family and Other Animals," offers a series of autobiographical anecdotes from the Durrell family's five-year sojourn on the Greek island of Corfu between 1935 and 1939. The youngest child, Gerald was aged ten when his widowed mother moved her family to accompany her eldest son Lawrence Durrell and his wife Nancy from Bournemouth to Corfu. He had another older brother, Leslie, and older sister Margaret, often referred to as "Margo." He does not present