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Image Taken on 23 Apr 2009 at 08:10    Image of day on 18 May 2009

And the more sedate Greenfinch collecting feathers to line the cup of the nest hidden we know not where.


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Image Taken on 02 May 2011 at 07:02    Image of day on 28 Jun 2011

"Don't you dare!"


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Image Taken on 24 Dec 2012 at 15:22    Image of day on 22 Jan 2013

A Greenfinch sees off a male Chaffinch.
The pecking order of our common visitors at the moment seems to be:-
  1. Grey Squirrel (not exactly 'pecking' - more bite)
  2. Great Spotted Woodpecker
  3. Starling
  4. Blackbird
  5. Greenfinch
  6. Robin
  7. Chaffinch
  8. Great Tit
  9. Bluetit



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Image Taken on 06 Dec 2011 at 13:05    Image of day on 12 Jan 2012

Greenfinches reappeared after a summer and autumn absence, and are really aggressive towards each other and any other creature that gets in their way. Here a Great Tit flees the wrath of the Greenfinch.


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Image Taken on 09 Sep 2014 at 15:09    Image of day on 21 Nov 2014

The Greenfinches have only just re-appeared for the Autumn, and already they are squabbling. Who turned away first we wonder. Genuine single frame.


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Image Taken on 18 Nov 2009 at 13:05    Image of day on 21 Dec 2009

The perch by the kitchen window peanut feeder is the site of many disputes, including one between this pair of greenfinches.


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Image Taken on 27 Dec 2012 at 15:31    Image of day on 29 Jan 2013

Greenfinches generally win territorial disputes against robins, but being airborne gives the robin some advantage. Just about even then - both birds decide the other one should be ignored (for now).


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Image Taken on 31 Oct 2015 at 13:13    Image of day on 21 Dec 2015

An inter-species encounter at the kitchen window perch.


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