Linnet Close Up - Linnets - Canto Del Pardillo

Linnet Close Up - Linnets - Canto Del Pardillo A small, slim finch, widely distributed, and once very popular as a cage bird because of its melodious song. Males are attractively marked with crimson foreheads and breasts, females much browner. It can be flighty and has an undulating flight, usually twittering as it flies. Now it is declining, in common with many other birds which use farmland, and is a Red List species. WHERE TO SEE THEM While widespread across the UK, there are concentrations along the east coast from Kent to Aberdeenshire but they are scarce in upland regions and north west Scotland. Look for it on commons, heathland, rough ground, farmland hedges, saltmarshes and in parks and gardens. WHEN TO SEE THEM All year round. WHAT THEY EAT Seeds and insects. Filmed on 7th June 2009 Video Produced by Paul Dinning - Wildlife in Cornwall