Ben Cranke / Arctic Redpoll (Carduelis hornemanni) perched on frosty plant, Finland. February.

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

Bence Mate / Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) drinking, reflected in water, Pusztaszer, Hungary, February.

Bence Mate / Greenfinches (Carduelis chloris) and House sparrows (Passer domesticus) blurred long exposure photograph, Hungary, February.

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

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

Dong Lei / Tibetan snowfinch (Montifringilla adamsi) with prey, perched on Mani stone- a stone with mantra or prayer to Avalokiteshvara, near to Namtso lake, Nyaingqentanglha Mountains, Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau,...

Dong Lei / White-browed Rosefinch (Carpodacus thura) with Tibetan prayer flags featuring the 'wind horse'. Pamuling mountain, Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China,

Kim Taylor / Redpoll (Carduelis flammea) male landing on Alder (Alnus glutinosa) Surrey, England. February

Sven Zacek,Sven Zacek / European Greenfinch (Carduelis chloris) in flight. Southern Estonia, December.

Sven Zacek,Sven Zacek / European Greenfinch (Carduelis chloris) in flight. Southern Estonia, December.

Markus Varesvuo / Pine Grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator) male feeding on berries with traffic light behind, Oulu, Finland, December