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🦉 The Eurasian bullfinch, common bullfinch or bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)

• Pyrrhula (Greek): pyrrhos - red

If winter wanted to choose a feathered mascot, the bullfinch would be ideal. This plump beauty with a pink-red chest (for males) or a modest gray-pink (for females) looks as if it was specially painted for New Year's cards. In the summer, they are almost invisible - they hide in dense forests, but with the first snow, bullfinches seem to come to life, becoming bright spots on a white background.

Unlike other "winter" birds, such as the fussy great tits, bullfinches behave as if they were calm. They slowly fly from branch to branch, thoughtfully shelling the seeds of ash or maple. And if a rowan tree gets in the way, the feast never ends! They do not peck the berries, but carefully take out the seeds, throwing the pulp down. And if you see a pile of berries under a bush, it means that bullfinches have dined there.