Bird school
• Brambling
• Blue tit
• Bullfinch
• Blackbird
• Barn swallow
• Bohemian waxwing
• Black woodpecker
• Black redstart
• Blackcap
• Chaffinch
• Chiffchaff
• Crow
• Coal tit
• Crested tit
• Common swift
• Common treecreeper
• Dunnock
• Fieldfare
• Greenfinch
• Goldfinch
• Greater woodpecker
• Garden warbler
• Great tit
• Green woodpecker
• House martin
• House sparrow
• Hawfinch
• Jackdaw
• Linnet
• Long-tailed tit
• Lesser whitethroat
• Lesser spotted woodpecker
• Marsh tit
• Magpie
• Mistle thrush
• Nightingale
• Nuthatch
• Pheasant
• Pied flycatcher
• Redpoll
• Rook
• Redstart
• Robin
• Spotted flycatcher
• Siskin
• Starling
• Song thrush
• Yellowhammer
• Winter wren
• Willow
• Tree sparrow
• Wood pigeon
• White wagtail
• Willow tit
• Whitethroat
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The linnet (Acanthis cannabina)
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| Length: |
14 cm |
| Maximum age: |
9 years |
| Eggs and clutches: |
Incubation 11 -14 days. 5 - 6 eggs. Usually three clutches. |
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Did you know?
Cultivated land is becoming overgrown, which has resulted in a smaller number of linnets. It is the female who builds the nest, but while she broods the male feeds her with regurgitated seeds.
Appearance
A small finch with a marked white patch on the folded-up wing. The adult male has a red spot on his forehead and a fainter red breast.
Similar bird
Different from the redpoll as its back is a soft cinnamon brown.
Sounds and song
Its call switches between harsh and soft, and the song is a beautiful melodic twittering.
Food and bird tables
Its food consists largely of small seeds but sometimes insects in the summertime.
The nest and hollows
The nest is built, as already mentioned, by the female, while the male watches over it. The nest is often placed low in a shrub or a smaller tree.
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You can find birds here during the following seasons:
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During migration |
All year round |
Winter |
Summer |
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