In the days when they abounded, there was a wide range of shrubs and trees that it was pointless to try and grow. Plums were regularly stripped of flower and leaf buds. It was the same with many cherries. Prunus subhirtella was reduced to writhing, leafless branches. It was a long list.
Bullfinches are beautiful, but handsome is as handsome does.
I welcomed the return of the sparrowhawk after its near extinction by aldrin and similar farm chemicals, later banned, but those who deliberately feed birds and enjoy the feel-good sensation of seeing the creatures regale themselves at the table provided, are usually loud in their wails of protest against its resurrection. The fact is that we find it difficult to accept nature in the raw. We want it on our own terms. Those terms will vary according to our interests.