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Common Linnet Kent's Oare Marshes.

The common 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.

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Uploaded on June 27, 2024
Taken on June 23, 2024