chaffinch
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A highly adaptable bird, the chaffinch can survive in almost any area where there are trees or bushes in which to build its nest. Outside the breeding season it may be seen in more open country in flocks consisting of thousands of individuals, often of mainly one sex.
Bird Fringilla coelebs of the finch family, common throughout much of Europe and West Asia. About 15 cm/6 in long, the male is olive-brown above, with a bright chestnut breast, a bluish-grey cap, and two white bands on the upper part of the wing; the female is duller. During winter they form single-sex flocks.
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