Chaffinches

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The word finch comes from the Middle English word fynch. This, in turn, comes from the Old English work finċ. And that? We can trace …

Chaffinches are common birds across Europe. The bright colours of the male Chaffinch include a beautiful deep salmon-pink face and breast, with …

Chaffinches are one of my favourite birds. I’ve taken many photographs of them and blogged about them before. Here’s my most recent …

Someone appears to have brought their dog hair clippings to the park. Either that or there’s been a horrendous dog fight here. …

I spent a large part of my childhood going on nature walks. You never knew what you were going to find, being …

I don’t speak Portuguese, but I guess what this sign means as I drive past. It’s a blue bird and that must …

I love photographing Chaffinches. You have to get the exposure just right to show their plumage in all its glory. The females …

Blue Tits, Cyanistes caeruleus, always cheer me up. Who doesn’t have their spirits lifted when they see a bright, tiny little bird …

There’s a Chaffinch shouting ‘Pink!’ at me. That’s where finches got their name; from their call of ‘Fink’ or ‘Pink’. They have …

Feeding birds artificially doesn’t just change their behaviour, it changes their lives completely, from the number of eggs they lay, the chicks …

The photographer Robert Capa once said, “If your pictures aren’t good enough, you’re not close enough.” It’s something I always think when …

There are Dartmoor ponies on Trendlebere Down on East Dartmoor: It’s a heathland habitat which was largely destroyed by fire, caused by …

How are Chaffinches doing 60 years after this Ladybird book?

Chaffinches are bright birds, or at least the males are. Their colour comes at a high cost; the cost of using so …

The scientific name of the Common Chaffinch has been Fringilla coelebs ever since the great Swedish namer and classifier Carl Linnæus called …