THE twittering song of the goldfinch is becoming increasingly common in gardens across Britain, with the colourful birds spotted outside 78 per cent more homes last year than the long-term average.

Attract wild birds -- like gold finch -- to your yard this winter by providing ample food, shelter and water. (Betsy Hartley) Wild birds can sometimes use a little help from us to thrive in winter.

Something Wild co-host Dave Anderson of the Forest Society has been enjoying his birdfeeders and considering the benefits. “Every morning, just before sunrise, I wait with steaming cup of coffee in ...

If you hang a bird feeder outside your home, there’s a good chance that your first visitor will be some kind of finch. We have five kinds of finches in Marin: the reddish house finch and purple finch, ...

A bird conservation group has attacked plans to clear land in the Northern Territory to make way for a gold mine which is a breeding habitat for an endangered bird. The owners of the Mount Todd gold ...

Somewhere around Homer, Alaska, lives a gray-crowned rosy-finch who’s blissfully unaware it’s an award winner. Evergreen photographer Alan Murphy managed to capture its frosty visage one winter’s day ...

There will be no finch trapping during the upcoming trapping season, after the Ornis Committee decided to open trapping for the Song Thrush and Golden Plover. The committee, which includes ...