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13-12-2010, 05:21 AM
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| | | What bird???
The old is it a Twite or a Linnet again? (maybe a Reed Bunting)  For a mate, Im useless with LBJs, I think Twite though?????? Any ideas folks?  |
13-12-2010, 05:54 AM
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100 % sure that's a Linnet, but prepared to be wrong. 
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13-12-2010, 06:36 AM
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cant see any red on head or breast so im going to sat twite |
13-12-2010, 07:01 AM
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That is an inconclusive start Im saying Twite as I think someone said before about Twites having the more prominent dark stripes on the breast?????? |
13-12-2010, 07:26 AM
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Originally Posted by FUDGEY  That is an inconclusive start Im saying Twite as I think someone said before about Twites having the more prominent dark stripes on the breast?????? |
Looks like a linnet. Twite would show a distinctive yellow bill at this time of year. Also, twite have an unmarked, curry-coloured throat which I find quite distinctive, even at some distance. I was watching a mixed flock of twite/linnet on the coast on Sunday, even at 200yds through a scope it was relatively easy to pick this feature out. Whereabouts was the shot taken Fudgey, most twite will be coastal at present.
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13-12-2010, 07:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Jonathan Looks like a linnet. Twite would show a distinctive yellow bill at this time of year. Also, twite have an unmarked, curry-coloured throat which I find quite distinctive, even at some distance. I was watching a mixed flock of twite/linnet on the coast on Sunday, even at 200yds through a scope it was relatively easy to pick this feature out. Whereabouts was the shot taken Fudgey, most twite will be coastal at present.
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