Brambling
Taken at Lochwinnoch on 9th January 2017 using Nikon D5200 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
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Taken at Lochwinnoch on 14th April 2013 using Nikon D40X with Nikon 300 mm zoom lens. Fact File

Brambling.
Species:
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Local Names:		 Fringilla montifringilla.
Passeriformes.
Fringillidae.
 Cock 'o' The North.
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Eggs:		 Any suitable fork in a tree, Decorates the exterior with moss or lichen to make it less conspicuous.
Mostly seeds but feed their young on insects.
Breeding-plumaged male Bramblings are very distinctive, with a black head, dark upperparts, orange breast and white belly. Females and younger birds are less distinct, and more similar in appearance to some chaffinches.
12 to 14 cm long.
4 to 9.
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