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.

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.

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.