Bird school

• Brambling
• Blue tit
• Bullfinch
• Blackbird
• Barn swallow
• Bohemian waxwing
• Black woodpecker
• Black redstart
• Blackcap
• Chaffinch
• Chiffchaff
• Crow
• Coal tit
• Crested tit
• Common swift
• Common treecreeper
• Dunnock
• Fieldfare
• Greenfinch
• Goldfinch
• Greater woodpecker
• Garden warbler
• Great tit
• Green woodpecker
• House martin
• House sparrow
• Hawfinch
• Jackdaw
• Linnet
• Long-tailed tit
• Lesser whitethroat
• Lesser spotted woodpecker
• Marsh tit
• Magpie
• Mistle thrush
• Nightingale
• Nuthatch
• Pheasant
• Pied flycatcher
• Redpoll
• Rook
• Redstart
• Robin
• Spotted flycatcher
• Siskin
• Starling
• Song thrush
• Yellowhammer
• Winter wren
• Willow
• Tree sparrow
• Wood pigeon
• White wagtail
• Willow tit
• Whitethroat

The greenfinch

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The male The female

During the breeding season the male displays an elegant song flight, and its song is then very similar to the warbling of a canary.

Appearance
This is a heavily set finch with a thick, hooked beak, black cap and a shining white belly. The adult male has a red neck and abdomen while the female is a greyish brown colour underneath.

Similar bird
Larger and more evenly grey-green than the siskin.

Sounds and song
The call is constantly repeated, and the song consists of a canary-sounding version of the call.

Food and bird tables
Common guest at the bird table.
The old birds will eat mostly seeds while the chicks are fed with insects and moistened seeds. The greenfinch enjoys fatty seeds such as sunflower seeds, hemp seeds and peanuts at the bird table.

The nest and hollows
The greenfinch nests in bushes, hedges or trees. The nest is built from moss, lichen and fine twigs and is usually lined with horsehair.