Call: A lilting, tinkling "tsweet-tsweet-tsweet" and a harsher call of "geeze-geeze-geeze".
Feeding habits: Small seeds are the staple diet of the Goldfinch, often taken from the flowerheads of dandelions and thistles before they are ripe. Fairly easily attracted to specialist 'thistle' seed feeders in the garden. Varies diet by also eating spiders and insects.
Nest: A neat cup of moss, grass, and other plant material, lined with wool and plant hairs and built by the female, usually in a tree or tall shrub.
Habitat and range: Woodland edges, hedgerows, orchards, parks and gardens; often to be found in more open country in the winter months. Resident throughout the UK.
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