Common Linnet

Linaria cannabina

The common linnet or Eurasian linnet is a small passerine bird of the finch family, Fringillidae. It derives its common name and the scientific name, Linaria, from its fondness for hemp seeds and flax seeds—flax being the English name of the plant from which linen is made. Source

Where it is now

In the last 8 weeks this bird was recorded 89,178 times across 50 areas (each area is a 5 degree square).

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Movement and weather

Each season it is first heard regularly where daytime highs are around 10°C (typically 6 to 15°C, from 23 areas).

Over the weeks it was present in the past year, its centre in Europe ranged from 38°N in December to 54°N in September, about 1,800 km apart.

Arrival dates

The week it was first heard regularly in each region, after at least six weeks away. Dates differ from south to north, so a region has a range.

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Figures are effort corrected and come from automatic sound identification, which makes mistakes. How this is measured and how it compares with human observers.