Markus Varesvuo / Pine Grosbeak male (Pinicola enucleator)and traffic light Oulu, Finland, December

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

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

Wild Wonders of Europe / Schandy / Old male Great rosefinch (Carpodacus rubicilla) on rock, Mount Cheget, Caucasus, Russia, June 2008

John Cancalosi / House finch (Haemorhous mexicanus), two females on Sotol (Dasylirion wheeleri). Sonoran desert, Arizona, USA. July.

Staffan Widstrand / Pine grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator) adult male, taiga forests, Ovre Pasvik National Park, Norway

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Chinese Beautiful Rosefinch, Carpodacus davidianus, bird sitting on a branch in Beiyue Hengshan Mountain, Datong, Hunyuan County, Shanxi Province, China

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Chinese beautiful rosefinch (Carpodacus davidianus) perched on an old statue in Beiyue Hengshan Mountain, Datong, Hunyuan County, Shanxi Province, China

Avi Meir/ BIA / Pale Rosefinch (Carpodacus synoicus) male, Eilat, Israel

Markus Varesvuo / Pine grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator) young male feeding on rowan berries covered in snow, Liminka, Finland. November

Markus Varesvuo / Pine grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator) young male in snow, Liminka, Finland, April.

Markus Varesvuo / Pine Grosbeak male (Pinicola enucleator) Liminka, Finland, April.