greenfinch in English

noun
1
a Eurasian finch with green and yellow plumage.
Birds will be roosting in your Leylandii hedge - especially greenfinches which prefer to roost in conifer.

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1. The species investigated were: Hawfinch(Coccothraustes coccothraustes), Chaffinch(Fringilla coelebs), Linnet(Acanthis cannabina), Greenfinch(Carduelis chloris), Goldfinch(C. carduelis), Serin(Serinus serinus) and the Spotted Flycatcher(Muscicapa striata).

2. Neurons and neuropile structures of the infundibular and ventromedial nuclei of the hypothalami of the greenfinch (Carduelis chloris) and the mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) displayed a green-yellow fluorescence with the method of Falck and Owman.

3. ‘The Bittern, a brown heron, came close to dying out six years ago and conservationists feared there were only 11 ‘booming’ males left.’ ‘For every obvious crossbill, razorbill, greenfinch, woodpecker, warbler, treecreeper, swift or flycatcher there is a mysterious wigeon, garganey, gadwall, Bittern, siskin, pipit, shrike or twite.’

4. Walthamstow Wetlands: Great White Egret, Sand Martin, 3 Goldeneye, pr Reed Bunting, 4 Shoveler, 5 Shelduck (Walthamstow Birders); White-fronted Goose viewed from Coppermill Lane (James Palmer with thanks to Chris Farthing) 2 Little Grebe, Stock Dove, Green Sandpiper, 8 Chiffchaff, 6 Greenfinch (Tom Stewart) Hi Tom - whereabouts was the Green