Despite their name, female Greenfinches are actually a dull brown colour, with a characteristic yellow stripe on their wings and tail. Juveniles look similar to females.
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A common countryside bird found in woods and hedges, but mostly found close to humans on farmland and in parks, town and village gardens and orchards. The only places they're not found are upland areas without trees and bushes.
A wheezy sequence of trills at different speeds. Greefinches often sound like they’re shouting out ‘cheese’, but this is interspersed with ‘dibbi-dibbi-dib’ and ‘ju-ju-ju-ju-ju’ noises.
You can hear Greenfinches everywhere. They will begin to sing as early as January, getting ready for the breeding season which starts in March.
Greenfinches sing in a bright voice that can sometimes sound a little wheezy. Singing while perched, you might hear a variety of trills, including a repeated ‘too-eee’, followed by a ‘dweeez’. Its call in flight is a repetitive and rapid "chichichichit".