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| Linnet - Carduelis cannabina |
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A small slim finch adundant in open areas, especially marsh and shingle areas in winter. Widespread and numerous resident in the UK. |
| Indentification |
| Male |
Males are attractively marked with a crimson forehead & breast in spring & summer. They have a grey head, brown back & buff belly & throat. Their tails are are black & white, medium in length and notched. |
| Female |
The female lacks the crimson forehead & breast instead has but has a buff streaked colouring. |
| Size |
13 - 14cms |
| Bill |
grey, short & stubby |
| Legs |
grey; medium in length |
| Habitat |
heaths, estuaries, woods, hedges and gardens |
| Behaviour |
flits, perches openly, hops, takes off & lands from vegetation or the ground. |
| Flocking |
1 - 500 |
| Flight |
undulating |
| Voice |
high pitched twittering in flight |
| Breeding |
| Nest |
in bushes |
| Eggs |
4 - 6 pale blue, speckled reddish |
| Incubation period |
10 -14 days |
| Fledgling |
14 -17 days |
| Broods |
2 - 3; April - June |
| Food |
seeds |
| UK breeding pairs |
800,000 pairs |
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