Birds and wildlife

Brambling

Fringilla montifringillaGroup: FinchesUK Conservation status:Green

How to identify

Similar in size and shape to the Chaffinch, the male Brambling has a black head in summer, and an orange breast with white belly. In flight it shows a white rump. Sociable in winter, it may form flocks of many thousands and often joins with Chaffinches. Numbers can vary between winters depending on food supplies. It is a Schedule 1 species, making it illegal to intentionally or recklessly disturb these birds.

Call

Brambling

Stuart Fisher / xeno-canto

Key

  1. Resident
  2. Passage
  3. Summer
  4. Winter
* This map is intended as a guide. It shows general distribution rather than detailed, localised populations.
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Key facts