Goldfinch

ARKive - European Goldfinch
http://www.arkive.org/species/ARK/birds/Carduelis_carduelis/more_still_images.html
Help improve your ability to identify the goldfinch by immersing yourself in this series of fourteen colour photographs depicting adults and juveniles in natural habitat.

ARKive - Goldfinch, Carduelis carduelis http://www.arkive.org/species/ARK/birds/Carduelis_carduelis/
Discover more about attractive bird that has been placed on the UK Birds of Conservation Concern Amber List . Explains the list and provides a few colour images.

Ashley Crombet-Beolens - European Goldfinch http://www.beolens.co.uk/digiscoping/galleries/goldfinch/
Pore over three colour photographs of goldfinch in natural environment, plus a further two images with bird eating its favourite seed.

BBCi - Goldfinch
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/wildfacts/factfiles/257.shtml
Hear a sample of the goldfinch’s lilting melody or see images of its distinctive facial markings while learning about its habits.

British Garden Birds - Goldfinch
http://www.garden-birds.co.uk/birds/goldfinch.htm
Review details of bold and colourful features of bird with beak specifically designed to open seeds. Also offers audio clip and colour image.

British Trust for Ornithology - Goldfinch, Carduelis carduelis
http://www.bto.org/birdtrends2004/wcrgoldf.htm
Research into reasons for abrupt downturn in numbers during later quarter of 20th century. Reinforced by table of population changes for Goldfinch in UK from 1967-2003.

British Trust for Ornithology - Goldfinch, Carduelis carduelis
http://www.bto.org/gbw/Species/BIRDS_GOLDF.htm
Discloses information on the aggressive behaviour of goldfinch when protecting food source. Also physical description and colour photograph.

Isle of Man Birding - Goldfinch by Keren
http://www.homepages.mcb.net/wormwell/Goldfinch200604.htm
Assists you to become intimately knowledgeable about the goldfinch with this huge single close-up photograph by Keren from the Isle of Man Birding Club (UK).

Royal Society for the Protection of Birds - Goldfinch
http://www.rspb.org.uk/birds/guide/g/goldfinch/
Get to know the finch that does not care for the British winter and flies off to Spain. Read where to see it, what it eats, and what it sounds like.

Tiscali Reference - Goldfinch
http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/wildlife/birds_goldfinch.html
Browse very concise description of goldfinch including distribution parameters, size, and dominant markings.

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