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Bullfinch
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Birds / Finches

Bullfinch

Pyrrhula pyrrhula

Also known as Eurasian bullfinch

Uncommon All year WoodlandGardensFarmland
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Recording: Niels Krabbe / xeno-canto

Sounds like

A soft, low, rather sad piping 'peu', often the only sign of a pair hidden in a hedge. The song itself is so quiet it is rarely heard.

Remember it

A lonely, gentle whistle, like a tiny bosun's pipe.

When and where

Listening for the bullfinch

Heard
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
All year round
Time of day
Day
Where
Woodland, Gardens, Farmland
In Britain
All year
Family
Finches

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