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chaffinch

[ UK /t‍ʃˈæfɪnt‍ʃ/ ]
NOUN
  1. small European finch with a cheerful song

How To Use chaffinch In A Sentence

  • Last time that we walked the track we saw and/or heard bellbirds, fantails, chaffinches, greenfinches, grey warblers and a native pigeon.
  • The list was impressive and included robins, starlings, a goldfinch, blackbirds, redwings, chaffinches, wood pigeons and black-headed gulls.
  • Great-spotted woodpeckers drum while chiffchaffs, blackcaps, chaffinches and wrens sing their hearts out.
  • Great-spotted woodpeckers drum while chiffchaffs, blackcaps, chaffinches and wrens sing their hearts out.
  • Dog roses, bramble, nettles and thistles provide good for birds such as goldfinch, greenfinch, chaffinches and the occasional rarity such as brambling or bullfinch.
  • The robin chaffinch blue tit and wren and green linnet collectively can put on a marvellous show as they take turns at feeding.
  • All the flower colours here come from green, as do the songs of willow warbler, chaffinch and skylark. Country diary: Wenlock Edge
  • In a low tree I spotted a female chaffinch, which is one of the most common birds in Europe and is all but absent in Malta, owing to the country's widespread illegal finch trapping. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
  • Nearby, the rough grass and scrub contain large stands of teasels and thistles, which provide seeds for finches - goldfinch, chaffinch, bullfinch, brambling and siskin are frequent winter visitors.
  • The reserve is home to woodpeckers, chaffinches, bullfinches and blackbirds.
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