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The male Chaffinch in spring makes calls that may be a substitute for the song. These are learned and known as "rain calls".
(Apr, Herts)
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(Apr, Suffolk)
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(Apr, Herts))
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(Apr, Norfolk)
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(Apr, Herts)
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Chaffinch flight call (bird in flight, Apr, Suffolk).
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The Greenfinch flight call is harder and a little higher than the Chaffinch call, and often rapidly repeated (perched birds, Dec, Herts).
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Another call by Greenfinches is a whine (female, April, Herts)
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Goldfinch flight calls, perched bird. The notes consist of higher tinkling and lower doubled calls (Apr, Herts).
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Bullfinches have a plaintive call, often given by birds hidden in thick vegetation, also used in flight (perched, Dec, Herts).
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The Linnet flight call is squeaky, perched bird (May, Herts).
male taking off from tree top after singing (April, Suffolk).
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The common flight call of the Lesser Redpoll is usually doubled or tripled, and often associated with a trill (in flight, Dec, Herts).
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trill
Flock of about 50 feeding at the top of a birch (Dec, Herts).
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The common Siskin flight call is a descending pyoo or kyoo (in flight, Dec, Norfolk).
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(in flight, Dec, Norfolk)
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Two call variants (Dec, Norfolk).
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Perched bird (Apr, Norfolk)
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Perched (Dec, Herts).
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A flock feeding at the top of an alder, with harsh rattling calls (Dec, Norfolk).
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The Hawfinch alarm call is similar to the tick alarm call of the Robin, but is often single or doubled and heard from the top of a tree or in flight (Apr, Norfolk).
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Robin alarm call for comparison (Dec, Herts).
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