Thanks Ollie,
I don't want to sound ungrateful, but I am positive that it wasn't a linnet........Looking at your photo and comparing, this one had no scarlet colouration on the breast whatsoever...its call was also nothing like a linnet....and from my own observations, having linnets in my garden all the time atm I would have been able to id it as such with ease.
I dunno!!
Gill, I have never known such a prolific place for bird species as here....you wouldn't be disappointed on a visit at anytime of the year
