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Linnet, Cholsey Meadows
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Oxfordshire and Berkshire
Male Linnet (Carduelis cannabina), taken by David Palmar. During the breeding season, adult males can be identified by their slate grey head, red forehead and red breast. The red colour has a faded appearance during the non-breeding season.
18 April 2022
Linnet, Mull Head Local Nature Reserve, Deerness, Orkney
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Deerness and Tankerness, Orkney
A male Linnet (Linaria cannabina), Mull Head Local Nature Reserve (LNR), Deerness, Orkney mainland. The Linnet derives its common name and the scientific name, Linaria, from its fondness for hemp seeds and flax seeds (from which linen is made). The male is characterised by a crimson forehead and breast, while females are browner.
07 July 2019
Linnet
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Coll Southwest
Linnet (Carduelis cannabina), Totronald, Coll. The Linnet can be distinguished from the rather similar Twite by having a dark beak, whereas the Twite's beak is light coloured. The reddish breast of the Linnet is also a distinguishing feature, but is not always visible, and is not so strong in this young male as in the fully plumaged adult male.
27 April 2014
Linnet
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Coll Southwest
A Linnet (Linaria cannabina) in Totronald, Coll. The Linnet can be seen on farmland and heathland across the UK. But, like so many other farmland birds, linnets are declining rapidly, mainly due to agricultural intensification.
27 April 2014
Linnet, Sanda
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Sanda
Linnet (Carduelis cannabina) in a typical gorse (Ulex europaeus) habitat, Sanda. This individual was probably ringed on the island.
18 June 2006
Twite, Totronald, Coll
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Coll Southwest
Twite (Carduelis flavirostris) which come to feeders at the RSPB nature reserve at Totronald, Coll. Male Twite can be distinguished from the similar Linnet by the red rump, light coloured beak, and generally streaky appearance.
25 April 2014
Siskin, Loch Garten
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Nethybridge and Dulnain Bridge
A male siskin (Carduelis spinus) having a drink from a small puddle at Loch Garten, taken by David Palmar
22 July 2023
Siskin and Chaffinch, Loch Garten
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Nethybridge and Dulnain Bridge
A male Siskin (Carduelis spinus) on the left alongside a group of Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) at Loch Garten, taken by David Palmar
22 July 2023
Goldfinch on snowy conifer tree, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Wildlife and Wildlife Habitat
A Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) feeding on a snowy conifer tree, Glasgow. Goldfinches have a greyish or blackish mark at the tip of their beak during the non-breeding season. Just above it is a female Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
07 December 2010
Goldfinch
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Coll
A Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) at Totronald on Coll, Argyllshire. Goldfinches are often found in open, partially wooded lowlands, forest edges, thickets, heaths, streams, riverine and marshy areas with bushes and trees, grasslands with scattered trees, scrub, orchards, gardens, and urban parks and gardens. Here it is on the machair in an area of Common Daisies (Bellis perennis).