Common Chaffinch: Breeding

Breeding season: April to July, usually 1-2 broods a year. - Nest: An exceptionally well-built, cup-shaped nest of moss, lichen and spider silk, lined with hair and feathers; camouflaged with flakes of lichen on the outside; placed in a fork of a tree 1-10 m up. - Eggs: 4-5 eggs, blue-green with red-brown markings; incubation 11-13 days. - Young: Both parents feed the young on insects; the young leave the nest after 11-18 days.

More about the Common Chaffinch

  • Song & calls
  • Nest & eggs
  • Diet
  • In winter
  • Male & female
  • Migration
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