Brambling Call MP3s
Distinctive nasal flight-call recordings of Fringilla montifringilla, useful for tracking this winter-flocking finch across mixed feeding groups.
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About this species
A passerine songbird measuring roughly 15 cm, the Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla) is unmistakable — orange-shouldered with a white rump, flooding southern woods in some winters. It breeds in northern birch forest and winters in beech woods and farmland.
It gives a harsh, nasal 'dzweee' and a hard flight-call from huge winter flocks. In winter it relies heavily on beech mast, joining vast flocks where the crop is good. In good beech-mast winters it forms flocks of thousands roaming the countryside. From breeding grounds across Europe to Mediterranean and African wintering areas, its seasonal journeys mark the turning year.
Legal use
The Brambling is a protected species in the countries we have verified, including Schedule 1 (highest protection) status under the UK Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and protected status under Hungarian wildlife law, and it falls under the general protection regime of the EU Birds Directive across the EU. It is not a legal game species anywhere we have confirmed; unfortunately it is also among the species documented as caught in the large-scale illegal songbird trapping that persists during migration through parts of southern France (conservation groups estimate several hundred thousand birds of various species are illegally trapped there annually), which is ongoing poaching rather than a lawful hunting activity. This recording is intended for birdwatching, identification and research use only. Please consult our full country-by-country disclaimer, and be aware that using calls to lure this species for capture is illegal in the jurisdictions we have checked.