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Common Linnet
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Linaria cannabina
A small finch with a strawberry-pink chest and forehead in summer males. Loves seedy fields and grassy hillsides.
Size
Small · 14 cm
Latin name
Linaria cannabina
Status
Native to Ireland
Where to spot
- Gorse and bramble bushes
- Coastal heathland
- Weedy fields