Every four or five minutes a chaffinch sings close by, and another fills the interval near the gateway.
How curious is the structure of the nest of the goldfinch or chaffinch!
The chaffinches called cheerfully on the plum-trees and sang in the early morning.
The daisies and the dandelions were still tightly shut, and in the hedgerow a half-awakened chaffinch hopped from twig to twig, too sleepy to chirrup.
Wherever a group of other trees rose amid the firs, the loud chirp of the chaffinch was heard, or the eager twitter of some little newly-wedded birds, disputing about the position of their nest.
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Other species observed near the poison sites included rabbits, hares, foxes, roe, fallow and red deer and very small birds, mostly greenfinches and chaffinches.
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It included such birds as the hedge sparrow, song thrush, linnet,chaffinchand moorhen.
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In all, 20 chaffinches were used in these experiments.
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I have been in many modest homes where the bullfinch, thechaffinchand the goldfinch have been made the objects of love, thought and attention.
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They did not know a sparrow from achaffinch.
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So far as is known, birds are the only animals, apart from man, which have the power of vocal imitation; hence the use of chaffinches in this particular experiment.
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But the average child would hardly be able to tell the difference between the eggs of achaffinchand those of a goldcrest, except by size.
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Like the commonchaffinch, but, unlike most other finches, its young are fed extensively on insects.
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There was a reduction in the number of greenfinches but no significant decline in the overall number of chaffinches.
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There are a number of magnificent old oaks, and breeding birds include sparrowhawk, stock dove, bullfinch, willow warbler andchaffinch.
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Birds that can be seen in the area include, skylarks, sparrowhawks, kestrels, goldcrests and chaffinches.
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The birds which are known to nest or visit include blackcap, commonchaffinch, grasshopper warbler, grey partridge, kingfisher, sand martin, skylark and sparrowhawk.
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For this, the audience is divided into four groups, taking the parts of owls, herons, turtle-doves and chaffinches engaging in a singing competition.
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There is also a wide variety of woodland birds, such aschaffinch, treecreeper and nuthatch, throughout the year.
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The commonchaffinchoften nests close to a mistle thrush, the vigilance of the finch and the aggressive behaviour of the thrush benefiting both species.
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