Bullfinches Bird Notebook with Envelope

Description

Painted Ladies Butterfly Notebook with Envelope by Julian Williams

These notebooks have  64 pages and can be sent as a gift or thank you card.

The pages can be ripped out, like a shopping list or telephone pad.

Every page is uniquely illustrated with pictures of  European birds, butterflies and plants.

The back of the notebook includes an introductory text telling the reader interesting facts about of the butterfly/bird illustrated on the front cover

SKU: SNB6B41

These bird notebooks are part of our Nature Notes Series

These cards include an introductory text on the back of the cards.  TEXT written on the back of this card reads:

Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula

The rose red  breasted bullfinch with its black cap and bright white rump is one of the easiest garden birds to identify, but they are quite shy birds and quite easily missed.  Experienced birdwatchers will often hear their mewing calls before seeing their presence.

In spring they feed voraciously on the buds of fruit trees.  Their name bullfinch maybe a shortening of Bullace Finch (Bullace being the Tudor name for the wild plum trees that they cultivated in their orchards).  Other folk names derived from their habit of stripping the buds from fruit trees include Bud finches, Bud pickers (Devon) and Plum birds.

A more widely believed theory is that the bullfinch got its name from its large thick head and stocky form, like bull dog and bull frog.  Some birdwatchers claim to have seen the birds head-butt other finches off the bird table.  Other folk names include Alpe, Nope, Pope and Monk.

The female is a pretty pale pink.