![a linnet perched on a flowering bramble stem](/sites/default/files/images/species/Linnet_Neil_Rolph.jpg)
Linnet Carduelis cannabina
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. Image: Neil Rolph (Flickr).
Find out more: RSPB, Suffolk Wildlife Trust, iNaturalist