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 hawfinch

Did you know?

The male

The hawfinch is the largest of our finches, and its beak is so strong it can crack the stones in cherries. The bird is rather shy and will stay at the tops of trees.

Appearance
A hawfinch looks like a heavily set finch and is recognizable by its massive, pointed beak. The head, abdomen and belly are a light brownish red, the neck is grey, the back is a warm, dark brown and the throat is black.

Similar bird
The bohemian waxwing has a crest on its head and a smaller beak.

Sounds and song
The hawfinch makes a sharp, clicking sound, varied with a very blackbird-like hum.

Food and bird tables
Will visit the table from time to time.
In the wintertime it sometimes ventures out to be a guest at the tables.

The nest and hollows
Even though the female is the primary nester, the male will participate in the beginning. The nest is large and placed in a forked branch, often in a deciduous tree. The nest itself is a collection of twigs.