On 27th March 2020, I watched a female Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs removing the flowers from a Forsythia in a garden in Watlington, Norfolk. The bird severed each flower at its base and manipulated it in its bill in the same manner as it would when husking a seed. The flower was then observed to fall to the ground. After several minutes, the bird flew off. Examination of the dropped Forsythia flowers showed that the centre containing the pistil and stamens had been removed, leaving only the corolla (petals) intact (plate 280).