Dave Bevan / Female Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) bringing moss to nest and incorporating it into nest before flying out of frame, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, May.

Dave Bevan / Female Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) shaping nest with her body and wings, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, May.

Bence Mate / Common chaffinchs (Fringilla coelebs) fighting, Puszaszer, Hungary, May.

Erlend Haarberg / Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla) and Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) fighting. Vauldalen, Sor-trondelag. Norway, May.

Fergus Gill / 2020VISION / Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus), male Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) and a male Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) on snowy branch (left to right). Perthshire, Scotland, December.

Edwin Giesbers / Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) males fighting in snow as Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) take flight. The Netherlands, January.

Bence Mate / Male Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) at waters edge with reflection, Pusztaszer, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary

Wild Wonders of Europe / Relanzón / Teide's blue chaffinch (Fringilla teydea) on tree, Teide National Park, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Relanzón / Male Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) on branch, Los Tilos National Park, La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain, March 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Varesvuo / Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) two males squabbling at water, Pusztaszer, Hungary, May 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Varesvuo / Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) male bathing, Pusztaszer, Hungary, May 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Varesvuo / Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) male bathing, Pusztaszer, Hungary, May 2008

Andy Sands / Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) using wings to prevent itself from sinking when landing in deep snow, Scotland, UK

Jose B. Ruiz / Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) male feeding on branch, Alicante, Spain

Pete Cairns / Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) adult male in flight, Scotland, UK

Colin Varndell / Male Chaffinch {Fringilla coelebs} UK.

David Perpinan / Tenerife blue chaffinch (Fringilla teydea), male, subadul, Teide National Park , Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, July.

David Perpinan / Tenerife blue chaffinch (Fringilla teydea) female, Teide National Park , Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, July.

David Perpinan / Tenerife blue chaffinch (Fringilla teydea), male on a fence, Teide National Park , Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, July.

Ross Hoddinott / Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) male resting on lichen clad branch, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK. January.

Staffan Widstrand / Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) on lichen-covered rock, Parque Natural Sierra de Andujar, Andalucia, Spain. January.

Nick Upton / Chaffinch (Fringilla coelobs) male perched in a bush in winter sunshine, RSPB Otmoor, Oxfordshire, UK, January.

Klein & Hubert / Common chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) singing in the woods at the end of winter, France. March.

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Common chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) male, perched, Denmark, April

Edwin Giesbers / Madeiran chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs maderensis) Madeira.

Dave Bevan / Male Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) flying to nest and feeding nestlings, followed by a female who also feeds nestlings then settles to brood, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, April.

Luis Quinta / Madeira chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs madeirensis) male, Laurisilva forest, Laurisilva of Madeira UNESCO World Heritage Site, Madeira Island.

Luis Quinta / Madeira chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs madeirensis) male, Laurisilva forest, Laurisilva of Madeira UNESCO World Heritage Site, Madeira Island.

Andres M. Dominguez / Common chaffinch male (Fringilla coelebs) perched in a Hawtorn tree, Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park. Southern Spain. December

Loic Poidevin / Common chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) female perched on teasel. Vendee, France, January.

Colin Varndell / Water rail (Rallus aquaticus) feeding on dead Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs), it had just killed. Dorset, UK, March.

Dave Bevan / Female Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) bringing moss to nest and incorporating it into nest before flying out of frame, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, May.

Konrad Wothe / Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) male singing, Fringilla coelebs, Germany. April

Dave Bevan / Female Common chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) building nest, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, May.

Ross Hoddinott / Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) female perched on snow coverd branches, Broxwater, Cornwall, UK. March.

Andres M. Dominguez / Common chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) male on rock, Grazalema, Spain, December

Loic Poidevin / Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) on branch, Vendee, Pays-de-la-Loire, France. April.

Loic Poidevin / Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) standing beside Crocus (Crocus sp.) in grass, Vendee, Pays-de-la-Loire, France. March.

Andy Sands / Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) male perched, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, February

Andy Sands / Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) male perched on mossy branch, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, February

Jussi Murtosaari / Common chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) male singing, Finland, April.

Bernard Castelein / Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) Brasschaat, Belgium, January.

Bernard Castelein / Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) drinking from small gap in ice, Brasschaat, Belgium, January.

Bernard Castelein / Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) drinking from small gap in ice, Brasschaat, Belgium, January.

Andres M. Dominguez / Male Common chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs), Andalusia, Spain, June.

Loic Poidevin / Common chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) female perched, Vendee, France, January

Gary K. Smith / Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) female perched on hazel twig with catkins, Norfolk, UK February

Gary K. Smith / Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) male perched on Blackthorn blossom, Norfolk, UK, April