JWL9729b Twite...
Twite - Carduelis Flavirostris
The twite is a small, brown finch closely related to the linnet, but with a longer tail and stubbier bill. Its back is tawny, heavily streaked with dark brown and is white below with dark-brown streaks on its flanks. The rump is pink on males but brown on females. Like the linnet, it feeds on seeds year-round.
Twite breeds on the moorlands of the Scottish Highlands, northern England and north Wales. In winter some remain in north and west Scotland, near the coast, while others, including continental birds, move to the coast of eastern England where they can be found on saltmarshes and coastal fields.
Not usually seen further south than East Anglia.
Norfolk
JWL9729b Twite...
Twite - Carduelis Flavirostris
The twite is a small, brown finch closely related to the linnet, but with a longer tail and stubbier bill. Its back is tawny, heavily streaked with dark brown and is white below with dark-brown streaks on its flanks. The rump is pink on males but brown on females. Like the linnet, it feeds on seeds year-round.
Twite breeds on the moorlands of the Scottish Highlands, northern England and north Wales. In winter some remain in north and west Scotland, near the coast, while others, including continental birds, move to the coast of eastern England where they can be found on saltmarshes and coastal fields.
Not usually seen further south than East Anglia.
Norfolk