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The common chaffinch is a common and widespread small passerine bird in the finch family. The male is brightly coloured with a blue-grey cap and rust-red underparts. The female is much duller in colouring, but both sexes have two contrasting white wing bars and white sides to the tail.

Similar species: Perching Birds
Species identified by Ant Marriott
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By Ant Marriott

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Uploaded May 5, 2015. Captured Apr 13, 2015 10:13 in River Lane, Saint Neots, Cambridgeshire PE19 6RD, UK.
  • Canon EOS 70D
  • f/8.0
  • 1/664s
  • ISO400
  • 370mm