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