The western yellow wagtail (Motacilla flava)Motacilla lat .: mōto, mōtare move continuously, -cilla tail (cilla like a tail - only in ornithology, erroneous established name)Motacilla lat .: mōto, mōtare move continuously, -cilla tail (cilla like a tail - only in ornithology, erroneous established name)flava flavus (lat.) yellow, gold, golden yellowflava flavus (lat.) yellow, gold, golden yellow

The bluethroat (Luscinia svecica)Luscinia (lat.) NightingaleLuscinia (lat.) Nightingalesvecica suecicus (lat.) Swedish; the name svecica, according to the history of the description, is not a toponym, but is given for the color of the male's chest: Olof Rudbeck junior, Swedish botanist and birdwatcher, mentor to Carl Linnaeus, having discovered the bluethroat in 1695 in Lapland, he gave it the name Avis Carolina in honor of the Swedish king Charles XI and the blue-yellow Swedish flag (in those days the yellow color on the flag was more reddish), and K. Linnaeus in 1758, when the absolute power of the monarchy in Sweden was no longer, considered the name svecica more correct than carolina (Jobling, 2010)svecica suecicus (lat.) Swedish; the name svecica, according to the history of the description, is not a toponym, but is given for the color of the male's chest: Olof Rudbeck junior, Swedish botanist and birdwatcher, mentor to Carl Linnaeus, having discovered the bluethroat in 1695 in Lapland, he gave it the name Avis Carolina in honor of the Swedish king Charles XI and the blue-yellow Swedish flag (in those days the yellow color on the flag was more reddish), and K. Linnaeus in 1758, when the absolute power of the monarchy in Sweden was no longer, considered the name svecica more correct than carolina (Jobling, 2010)

The common buzzard (Buteo buteo)Buteo lat .: buteo buzzardButeo lat .: buteo buzzardEvery year a pair of these predators settles in a hard-to-reach forest near a meadow and a hill. And every July I go to visit them, by that time their children are already growing up. And these children sit on branches and impatiently wait for their parents with prey. And their parents hunt nearby, in a meadow where there is an open, well-visible space where rodents and lizards live.

The common redpoll or mealy redpoll (Acanthis flammea)Acanthis in ancient Greek. mythology daughter of Autonous and sister Acanthus; when Acanthis sobbed over the murdered Acanthus, the gods turned her into a bird.Acanthis in ancient Greek. mythology daughter of Autonous and sister Acanthus; when Acanthis sobbed over the murdered Acanthus, the gods turned her into a bird.flammea lat.: flamma flame, fire, fiery color flammeusflammea lat.: flamma flame, fire, fiery color flammeus

The Eurasian bullfinch, common bullfinch or bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)Pyrrhula (Greek): pyrrhos - redPyrrhula (Greek): pyrrhos - redIf winter wanted to choose a feathered mascot, the bullfinch would be ideal. This plump beauty with a pink-red chest (for males) or a modest gray-pink (for females) looks as if it was specially painted for New Year's cards. In the summer, they are almost invisible - they hide in dense forests, but with the first snow, bullfinches seem to come to life, becoming bright spots on a white background.

🐿️ The red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris), also called Eurasian red squirrelHonestly, I would probably even single out urban squirrels as a separate subspecies. They are not particularly burdened with anything, people feed them constantly, they have nothing to worry about. But wild squirrels are forced to survive in the wild, where there are many dangers and they need to get at least some food.