male	male female European distribution male in tree

Identification

The Greenfinch is a familiar garden bird since it was one of the first species to master the knack of feeding from red peanut bags. The male can be quite conspicuously green but in females and juveniles this may not be so obvious. Such birds can still be identified though by the pale yellow panels in the closed primaries and in the sides of the tail.

Habitat

Breeds in gardens, parks, scrub and hedges. Winters on farmland and in gardens.

Behaviour

Performs a wonderful dancing display flight in which it flies erratically around its territory with rather stiff wings like one of those wind-up model birds.

Migration

A partial migrant over most of its range with some southerly birds remaining resident. Birds generally head south and west to winter within the breeding range for the winter.

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For the purposes of our bird news services, Greenfinch is classed as Common: common species, including species that are certain or probable escapees from captivity when occurring in the British Isles. (Note that rarity levels are currently applied nationally and may not reflect local variations in abundance.)

Cley, Norfolk 29/07/2010	Morfa Nefyn, Gwynedd 28/07/2010	Ardmore, Waterford 28/07/2010	Sizewell, Suffolk 26/07/2010	Barnstaple, Devon 17/07/2010
Rostherne Mere (PERMIT ONLY), Cheshire 17/07/2010	Valdai, Novgorod Oblast, Russia (Europe) 11/07/2010	Abberton Resr, Essex 14/07/2010	Knaresborough, N Yorks 12/07/2010	Warrington, Cheshire 11/07/2010

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Greenfinch breeds in the following countries (Bird News Extra subscribers will see population statistics and information on trends for each country):

Albania
Andorra
Armenia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Azores
Belarus
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Britain
Bulgaria
Canary Islands
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Gibraltar
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Lichtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Madeira
Malta
Moldova
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
Serbia and Montenegro
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine

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