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Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)

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Male Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs), Lyth, Lake District National Park, England

Male Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs), Kingussie, Scottish Highlands

Male Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) standing on one leg, Badenoch & Strathspey, Scottish Highlands

Male Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) feeding on sunflower seeds, Badenoch & Strathspey, Scottish Highlands

Male Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs), Badenoch & Strathspey, Scottish Highlands

Female Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) feeding on sunflower seeds, Badenoch & Strathspey, Scottish Highlands

Female Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs), just about to fly, Badenoch & Strathspey, Scottish Highlands

Male Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) perching on a car roof bar, Lochbuie, Isle of Mull, Scotland

Male Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) preening, Lochbuie, Isle of Mull, Scotland

Male Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) on bird table, Kingussie, Scottish Highlands

Male Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) on seed feeder tray, Scotland

Male Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) on trunk of native Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris var scotica), Scottish Highlands

Male Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) on birch, Scottish Highlands

Female Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs), Kingussie, Scottish Highlands

Female Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) on old, moss-covered limestone wall, Lake District National Park, Cumbria

Male Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) on a garden bird table, Kingussie, Scottish Highlands

Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) fledgling (right) being fed by the male (left) in rain, Badenoch & Strathspey, Scottish Highlands

Common Chaffinch male (Fringilla coelebs) at the edge of the garden pond, Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England

Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) male patterned by shadows of Contorted Hazel branches (Corylus avellana Contorta) in evening sunlight, Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England

Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) male with skin disease on legs (see Description) at the edge of the garden pond, Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England

Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) male caught by low evening sunlight as he drinks from the garden pond, Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England

Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) female standing on water lily pads in the garden pond, Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England

Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) female at the edge of the garden pond, Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England

Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) female at the endge of the garden pond, Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England

Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) female bathing in the garden pond, Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England

Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) male drinking from the garden pond, Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England

Common Chaffinch female (Fringilla coelebs) drinking from the garden pond, Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England

Common Chaffinch male (Fringilla coelebs) in Contorted Hazel (Corylus avellana Contorta), Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England