Things you need to know about CHAFFINCHES!

[@AShotOfWildlife]

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[@humblebum59]

Had a mister and missus pair in the garden all winter and spring. Seldom more than a few feet apart. Beautiful to watch them looking after each other.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

They are quite a social species during the colder months. Nice that they kept you company during the colder months.

[@ShonnMorris]

Nice video. As an American, the Chaffinch is one of my favorite European songbirds. I actually used to have them in an aviary years ago. Their song reminds me very much of my native House Finch but it "tighter" sounding but has the same overall downward trend.

[@Bobblers07]

I live close to woodland in Manchester UK and lots of male chaffinch enjoy the hanging feeders in my garden. Now I know what the females look like I'll keep an eye open for them. It would be lovely to see the courtship dance. Thanks Liam

[@AdiHughesGuitar]

That's absolutely amazing, I never knew they had such a dance! Made my day learning that, and something to seek out now, thanks Liam!

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thanks Adi. I got lucky in stumbling across a video of it whilst doing some background research for this video and just had to include it.

[@allynhansen7398]

They certainly are in New Zealand. My wife has created a bird sanctuary, simply by planting the right flowers, trees etc and her reward has been the massive increase in all sorts of bird wildlife. We love to sit and watch as the chaffinches feed on seed heads and even off the feeding trays,.....simply wonderful,..... Allyn Hansen New Zealand

[@NZKiwi87]

Thank you for this video 😊 I’m in New Zealand and was woken today to the springtime sound of a male chaffinch singing outside my window - sounded just slightly different to the one in your video, must be that kiwi accent 😁

[@pauldurkee4764]

I've been watching wildlife for many years, never heard of the courtship dance before.👍

[@vetworker]

Beautiful little birds. I’m impressed by the dancing. 😂

[@AShotOfWildlife]

It is a cool little dance, I hope to see it in the flesh one day!

[@jokervienna6433]

We do have them here in Vienna, but they are not common. For Sweden (where i grew up and lived for some 40 plus years), it is among the most common birds there are. I love their song, when one hears it, it is SPRING! I feel satisfied for a week or so, and then I await the swifts - my favorite bird of them all. The chaffinches are a necessarily part of the build up. Great birds!

[@SkylarkFields]

Loads of interesting facts about these birds that I didn't know, so thank you for sharing! I shall be watching out for courting chaffinches now in the hope of seeing that little 'dance'!!

[@philiptaylor7902]

Nice one Liam. I’ll need to watch out for that courtship dance, we are lucky enough to have up to 10 chaffinches coming into the garden to feed.

[@kaska22155]

Thank for sharing this very beautiful and informative video, I've never seen that courting dance before.

[@Spiritueli]

aw, they are sooo sweet, i love these birds,and i can say they are among the gentlest, calmest and well behaved garden birds

[@radders261]

I bloody love your videos mate! They always brighten up my day.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Cheers Paul, thanks for your support!

[@roaminghereandthere]

Thanks Liam!! Enjoyed this very much.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thank you!

[@williamrobinson7435]

The courtship display is ace- reminds me of Friday night disco at Wetherspoons🤣.. Chaffinch were regular attendees at my mums washing line feeders, and I remember thier distinctive song (in my case they had an East Yorkshire accent.. Nice one Liam! 🌟👍

[@MegaVector2011]

🤣Mine had a North Yorks accent.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Haha, I think it's brilliant... although that's probably how I dance/stagger after a few too many drinks!

[@williamrobinson7435]

@@AShotOfWildlife Don't worry Liam; most teenagers think that's how thier dads dance when perfectly sober.. Recently I worked on an old electric river canoe called Shrike, so I looked up this bird on 'A Shot Of Wildlife'.. I did not know that this pretty looking creature had quite such a gruesome way of dealing with it's prey! 🌟👍

[@The_Robert.Fletcher]

Loved the courtship dance.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Cheers Robert. Its a cool little dance and im glad the people who filmed it were happy for me to use their footage!

[@Calvin.The.Unfindable]

hey Liam, i never knew about their courtship dance - that was amazing. i only get to see chaffinch at my sort of local bird reserve - not been for a long time, but they are amazing little birds. awesome video, as always.

[@NaturallyCuriousUK]

👍👍👍 I love the metallic look of the male's beak! 🙂

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Me too, I should have perhaps included that in my description to be fair. I hope you are well mate!

[@NaturallyCuriousUK]

@@AShotOfWildlife yeah not bad thanks. Just fending off the lingering effects of a recent moderate bout of flu. 🙄

[@TheTRELOS7]

We have plenty of them in Greece, thank you, Liam, for your video.

[@nevillewalker6299]

Another great video. Cracking little bird which again suffered badly from the finch disease however I am seeing more showing up these days on my feeders I have situated in woods and hedgerows which is great news.

[@stevecooksley]

I'm lucky to work in my own little studio backing on to a little bit of woodland and have an extremely territorial Chaffinch. He spends March to July attacking my windows (obviously seeing his reflection) and I'm almost oblivious to it now. Have tried lights on, lights off, blinds down, windows open, cut out cats stuck on the window, but nothing deters the little scamp. At least I know it's only for a few months a year.

[@raymondpenalver7095]

One bird I don't seem to see much off these days, amazing courtship dance that I've never seen before either, thanks for the great video Liam 😊

[@sue.Hoo123]

Thanks again for a very interesting Vlog, great courtship display 👍

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thanks Sue. Im glad you liked the video!

[@macw2234]

I wish I could invite you to my home country South Africa to see some different wildlife. Your series is very useful for me while in in the Netherlands.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thank you, I suspect there are a lot of similar birds in the Netherlands to what we get here. I do hope to do some travelling at some point and see the wildlife of other places... maybe one day!

[@celestenova777]

Lovely little birds. I remember seeing chaffinches in the car park at Dunvegan Castle, I was quite amazed as they were quite happy to sit on the palm of your hand. I think someone must have been feeding them regularly. What a courtship dance, I've not seen that before! Great video thanks.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thank you. Unfortunately I don't see too many chaffinches where I live and haven't been lucky enough for one to land on my hand... yet. Thanks for always taking the time to comment on my videos and support the channel.

[@celestenova777]

@@AShotOfWildlife you are welcome 🐦‍⬛🪺.

[@RHR-221b]

A braw addition to my rather, so far, weak knowledge, re our British et al. Feathered Darlings, and their help for survival. If you had a way of donating, I surely would. 🤔 You Are One of Nature's Few Perfect Gentlemen, Liam. Thank you. Stay free, L. Rab 🕊

[@billhodden-rr9ck]

They sing Beautifully love this Bird it does get found a feeding tables seen it not lot long ago in the local park but still very difficult to see

[@jess53nz]

Love these little guys! They are quite common here. I never realised for most of my life what their song was. And yours is fairly different! Never seen the courtship dance!

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thank you. They do have different songs locally but over the country their is a more noticeable and measurable difference in its pitch and tone :)

[@petelumley1578]

I really enjoy these informative vids Liam

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thanks Pete. I appreciate your support mate.

[@jpronan8757]

Charming birds, impressive dance and now I know if I ever hear one sing they have a Yorkshire accent 😂

[@whitecloudmountainminnowpr6353]

Cool little birds

[@amerruru2443]

Thank you so much 🌻

[@martyndormer]

Fascinating. Most enjoyable as always.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thanks Martyn, glad you liked it.

[@joamalin3516]

I love birds and this channel! Keep up the great job! :)

[@danvenables4935]

Hi Liam I commented on a few of your other recent videos. I'd love to see a video on partridges sometime. I once saw a pair at centre parcs of all places, had no idea what it was until I sent photos to family to identify it! I've never seen one again, would love to know more about them. Cheers for the great content you do. That courtship dance is amazing, never knew about it either!

[@mbarker1958]

Yes Liam, it was pretty good I reckon! Good work again!!!!

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Haha! When I film the intros and outros for these fact file type videos, I often end up filming 10 to 15 attempts because I over analyse what I have said, but im glad you agree.

[@dezzalondon8101]

Great video - a real treat. I think the male featured from 0:20 to 0:30 has trichomonosis, poor little thing.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thanks Dezza. It has Fringilla Papilomavirus which causes the scaling on the legs. Weirdly, it doesnt seem to have much of an impact on their survival rate but it cant be comfortable!

[@peteryoung4957]

Thank you Liam for another great video

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Cheers Peter, Im glad you enjoyed it!

[@davidwharton841]

Great video and full of information as usual. Thanks.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thanks David, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@jonathanadams7607]

Love the videos, Liam! Thank you!

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thanks Jonathan, I appreciate your support!

[@missapippin9020]

Great video Liam very interesting. I love the dance and their song. Thank you. ❤

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Im glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment, it really helps KZbin to know people are enjoying the video and then to recommend it to more people. Cheers!

[@marymahon1878]

I recently put up a bird feeder near my house and saw one of these for the first time. He ha become a regular visitor and appears to be a loner.

[@Anne-ku3lj]

Wonderful video. Have you ever seen a rose finch? I really love the name 😂

[@sdavey10]

Lovely video, thanks.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thank you very much!

[@tun1to]

They joined the garden not long ago, but appear to be quite shy and passive, they will only peck what's on the ground, but I wish they could adapt to feed from a hanging or plate(raised) feeder, so i can stop tossing sunflower hearts on the ground.... the pesky pigeons peck all of them, furthermore will bully smaller birds... i'd say the same for robins too... seeing those passive and shy chaffinches and robins in my garden breaks my heart quite often because i'm worrying if they had their share..

[@mattw8374]

Fascinating, thanks

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thank you!

[@stevef1264]

I never knew they did that courtship dance that's marvellous! Love these vids keep up the great work mate

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Cheers Stephen. Im just grateful the people who filmed it were happy for me to use their footage, if not I might have had to do my impersonation of it... no one wants to see that!

[@stevef1264]

@@AShotOfWildlife 🤣🤣

[@keithedmunds7536]

thanks again for a superb informative video liam

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thanks Keith. Glad you enjoyed the video!

[@brentnearhood8874]

Thanks!🐥

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thank you!

[@Puppydoug]

Aussie finch enthusiast here. About 7 years ago I spotted one of these little guys feeding on the ground, lakeside near Mount Vogel, whilst holidaying in Slovenia. He was a cheeky little thing, not at all scared and delightful to observe up close. At the time I didn't know what breed he was. Is the Chaffinch kept and bred in captivity?

[@SlowToe]

That dance would have John Travolta green with envy 🕺🏽

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Haha, they're better dancers than me for sure!

[@Stevirobbo]

Good vid mate enjoyed your chaffich vid you missed telling everone about the bramnling which was seen in one of the shots it is a vlose relative of the chaffinch and has even hybridised with it also seen in the UK on very rare occasions is the blue African chaffinch ,😊 just thought I woild add that for you

[@charlottestevens6850]

I get chaffinches in my garden and they sometimes fight over the bird food! 😂

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Yeah, they can be quite territorial when it comes to food!

[@UkePeas]

Your videos are so good now, proper in your stride. Next stop the One Show!

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thank you. I really enjoy making them and have lots lined up for the next couple of months.

[@RAHULCHITTI]

Pied Bush chat - Kala Pidda 🐦

[@angr3819]

Thank you

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Cheers Ang!

[@DaygloDiego]

Where was your closing shot please? Looks a bit like the board walk near the UEA but in case it's not I thought I'd ask. Always on the lookout for new places.

[@DaygloDiego]

My youngest (5) is very into nature. We use your videos to help him learn about the different birds he's crossing off in his eye spy book. They're great perfect length and level of content. Thanks Bud. May see you about as we're pretty local to you.

[@HarryHeuven]

well done, you, with my permission, used mij footage, in a good way. Succes and greetings from the Netherlands.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thank you Harry!

[@Splodge542]

You can tell by the way I do my walk I'm a bachelor bird and that's no talk.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Wings are down and side to side, if this dance dont work im taking flight...

[@paulwarner5674]

Never seen them in my garden.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

That's a shame, do you get many other birds in your garden?

[@paulwarner5674]

@@AShotOfWildlife doves, pigeon, magpies, Robins blackbirds starlings 40 or 50, sparrows ( or birds that I think are sparrows ) A Sparrows hawk, crows, Jay's, Gulls ,Bat's, foxes Hedgehogs squirrels I refill the 5 bird stations twice a day and fill the water bowls with bottled water.. Cost a fortune for mealworm ,fat balls( they prefer the expensive ones), High energy seed.(don't like the cheap ones) peanuts, Sunflower hearts And chicken and sausages for the foxes. That's about it.

[@Najthedentist]

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thanks!

[@paulohara1502]

👏👍👌

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Cheers!

[@MyKharli]

Chaffinches are near impossible to get to feed off the hand , yet the tit family , nuthatches and robins are easy . Sparrows and other finches cannot it seems either . Chaffinches will come and ask for food though and i have had one fly into my face to escape a sparrowhawk .

[@jillatherton4660]

😄👍

[@golwgfan]

In the clip 0.20 to 0.30 the bird has Fringilla papillomavirus. I think

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Yes, unfortunately it does. It seems to be very common in chaffinches here in the east of england!

[@golwgfan]

@@AShotOfWildlife I saw it here in North Wales about two years ago, but not since. And I have many chaffinches visiting. BTW love your videos.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

@@golwgfan I guess that's good. It does seem to have decreased in the last year or so here. Thanks, I'm glad you enjoy them!

[@borkorados7620]

To je najptica pesma ekstra zvonka kad iskolujete bastarda stiglica i kanarinke opasno peva

[@paulannable3734]

I’m going to use some of those dance moves myself. Hello ladies!