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Birds, Insects & Bats in flight (outdoors) Page 17

Image Taken on 20 Feb 2012 at 08:03 Image of day on 22 Mar 2012

Male Chaffinch with his beak gradually turning blue ready for the breeding season flying low across the photo site. It was chasing another bird you just catch on the right edge on the frame.

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Image Taken on 20 Jun 2012 at 14:24 Image of day on 28 Jul 2012

A male Chaffinch attacking a female from another pair?

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Image Taken on 22 Aug 2019 at 17:03 Image of day on 13 Oct 2019

A male Chaffinch 'having a go' at another on the ground.

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Image Taken on 10 Jul 2012 at 18:22 Image of day on 16 Aug 2012

Male chaffinches seem incapable of meeting without squabbling. This is one of the birds fluttering over his rival.

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Image Taken on 10 Jul 2012 at 18:22 Image of day on 16 Aug 2012

This is a wider angle including the second bird cowering on the ground but calling anyway.

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Image Taken on 23 Nov 2011 at 15:50 Image of day on 30 Dec 2011

Down in the hedge bottom this male chaffinch is twisting exquisitely as it flies over a female or juvenile another frame height below.

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Image Taken on 30 May 2013 at 17:13 Image of day on 12 Jul 2013

The flying male Chaffinch's claws are curled so we think that this is a greeting to the female on the ground rather than a threat.

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Image Taken on 18 Feb 2013 at 14:53 Image of day on 26 Mar 2013

This male chaffinch is threatening a Great Spotted Woodpecker at the left, but the Woodpecker was not impressed

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Image Taken on 09 Mar 2012 at 16:53 Image of day on 14 Apr 2012

The Chaffinch and Robin seem to share about the same level of aggression and are often seen squabbling over access to the feeding sites.

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Image Taken on 11 Mar 2014 at 14:54 Image of day on 23 Apr 2014

"Look - no wings"
This male Chaffinch gives us a look at his normally hidden green back as we catch a 'bounding' moment in his flight.

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Image Taken on 10 Dec 2013 at 15:10 Image of day on 23 Jan 2014

A male chaffinch 'dropping in' to see what food in on offer. You get here the unusual view including the green back.

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Image Taken on 17 Jun 2019 at 15:55 Image of day on 29 Jul 2019

A male Chaffinch about to make a slight mistimed landing on the edge of the Tree-stump.

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Image Taken on 15 Jun 2012 at 19:34 Image of day on 28 Jul 2012

Possibly the same male landing in a flurry of wings on the top of a fir cone.

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Image Taken on 03 Dec 2012 at 15:39 Image of day on 13 Jan 2013

An elegant male chaffinch touching down on a fir cone. An unexpectedly large proportion of landings are on these rather than the ground.

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Image Taken on 05 Jan 2018 at 13:39 Image of day on 10 Feb 2018

Not yet quite settled on the ground, this male Chaffinch is looking over today's offering.

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Image Taken on 12 Feb 2024 at 14:36 Image of day on 08 Mar 2024

This male Chaffinch is already resplendent with his quite positively blue coated beak ready to start the years breeding.

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Image Taken on 31 Jan 2009 at 09:07 Image of day on 19 Feb 2009

Chaffinch male twisting in to land on the log.

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Image Taken on 08 Dec 2016 at 08:38 Image of day on 23 Jan 2017

Barely touched down, we see this winter colours male Chaffinch with his claw tips barely on the wood.

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Image Taken on 23 Jun 2012 at 18:10 Image of day on 30 Jul 2012

Within the same 30 minutes this Chaffinch male got photographed at 3 stages in his landing approach. Horizontally stretched spacings.

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Image Taken on 07 Sep 2022 at 13:33 Image of day on 10 Oct 2022

A male Chaffinch lands on the tree stump, providing a fine view of the normally hidden green feathered back.

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