Oldt1mer - Keith's photos with the keyword: Bullfinch

Here we have a female Eurasian Bullfinch – Pyrrhula pyrrhula – which has the same black cap as the male but rather than the rose red (as seen in my picture of the male a few pictures back) breast, the female is pinkish-grey and not quite as striking overall as the male. Other facts can be found with my picture of the male. Seen at Pennington Flash. Explore No 362, Oct 11 2023. This Picture is fully © Copyrighted. None of my images may be copied, reproduced or altered in any form or manner or placed on the internet or any other social media, or in any form of publication either print or otherwise, in any form or manner without my written permission.

The Eurasian Bullfinch - Pyrrhula pyrrhula - is a very easily identifiable bird of the Finch family, especially the male with his bright pinkish-red breast and cheeks, black cap and tail and grey back being the most pronounced. They love feeding on the fresh buds of various trees in the spring and seeds throughout the year, they take insects but mainly to feed their young. They breed across Europe and into temperate Asia and can be seen pretty much anywhere there is a supply of food. This one was seen at Pennington Flash. Explore No 244. 28 March 2023 This Picture is fully © Copyrighted. None of my images may be copied, reproduced or altered in any form or manner or placed on the internet or any other social media, or in any form of publication either print or otherwise, in any form or manner without my written permission.

The male Eurasian Bullfinch - Pyrrhula pyrrhula - is a striking bird, being much more brightly coloured than the female. Also known as the 'Common Bullfinch' or simply the 'Bullfinch' (as it is the original bird to bear the name Bullfinch), it is a normally shy bird, living in woodland and forests but is also be found in hedgerows and even parks and gardens as long as there are trees (or feeders) to feed on and dense vegetation to nest in. They can be a pest because of their habit of eating the buds of fruit trees in spring causing crop shortages. (In England, for centuries, every parish would pay a bounty for every Bullfinch killed. Thankfully that is not the case now). In other seasons they eat mainly seeds, insects and buds of late flowering trees and shrubs. This perky little fella was giving me his best Penguin impersonation (and showing off a dusting of yellow pollen on his chest) at Pennington Flash. This Picture is fully © Copyrighted. None of my images may be copied, reproduced or altered in any form or manner or placed on the internet or any other social media, or in any form of publication either print or otherwise, in any form or manner without my written permission.