Paul Hobson / Male Twite (Carduelis flavirostris) on barbed wire, Pennines, uk

Paul Hobson / Twite (Carduelis flavirostris) perching on bracken, Pennines, uk

Paul Hobson / Twite (Carduelis flavirostris) on bracken, carrying faecal sac, Pennines, uk

Paul Hobson / Female Twite (Carduelis flavirostris) on post, showing coloured leg rings, Pennines, uk

Paul Hobson / Three twite chicks (Carduelis flavirostris) in nest, Pennines, uk

Rolf Nussbaumer / Male Common Linnet (Acanthis / Carduelis cannabina) singing, Fretterans, France, May 1999

Rolf Nussbaumer / Male Common Linnet (Acanthis / Carduelis cannabina) on Dog Rose (Rosa canina) Fretterans, France, May 1999

Bjorn Forsberg / Linnet {Carduelis / Acanthis cannabina} male, Oland, Sweden

Andy Sands / Twite {Acanthis flavirostris} perching on top of Gorse bush, North Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland

Steve Knell / Twite {Acanthis flavirostris} perched on wire fence, UK.

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Linnet {Acanthis cannabina} on stony ground, Denmark

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Linnet {Acanthis cannabina} on ground, Denmark

Mike Wilkes / Linnet collecting material to make nest, Spring, England, UK {Acanthis cannabina}

DAVID TIPLING / Linnet {Acanthis / Carduelis cannabina} male perching, in winter, UK.

Paul Hobson / Twite in heather {Acanthis flavirostris} Yorkshire, England

Paul Hobson / Twite in heather {Acanthis flavirostris} Yorkshire, England

Paul Hobson / Twite in heather {Acanthis flavirostris} Yorkshire, England

Michio Hoshino / Common Redpoll (Carduelis flammea) perching on branch in a snowstorm, Alaska

Michio Hoshino / Common Redpoll (Carduelis flammea) perching on branch, Alaska

Michael Quinton / Common Redpoll (Carduelis flammea) male in breeding plumage during snowfall, Alaska

Paul Hobson / Linnet {Acanthis cannabina} on gorse bush. Derbyshire, UK

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Linnet female {Acanthis cannabina} Hungary

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Linnet male {Acanthis cannabina} Hungary

WILLIAM OSBORN / Linnet (Acanthis cannabina) male bathing in spring, South Glos England.

Nigel Bean / Linnet, Acanthis cannabina, male, England, UK, Europe

David Kjaer / Linnet (Acanthis cannabina) bathing. Sussex England

David Kjaer / Linnet (Acanthis cannabina) bathing. Sussex England

David Kjaer / Female Linnet, England

David Kjaer / Linnets drinking, Sussex, England

David Kjaer / Linnet (Acanthis cannabina) at water in Sussex. England Male breeding plumage.

David Kjaer / Male Twite on gorse {Acanthis flavirostris} North Uist, Scotland, UK

Niall Benvie / Twite perched on wire. (Acanthis flavirostris) Scotland Coll, Argyll

Asgeir Helgestad / Santa claus gnome photographing flock of Redpolls {Acanthis flammea} Norway

WILLIAM OSBORN / Linnet male in non-breeding plumage {Acanthis cannabina}

David Kjaer / Linnet male at water, England

Donald M. Jones / Common Redpoll (Carduelis flammea) male in winter, Troy, Montana

Donald M. Jones / Common Redpoll (Carduelis flammea) female in winter, Troy, Montana

Donald M. Jones / Common Redpoll (Carduelis flammea) male on pine cone, Troy, Montana

Donald M. Jones / Common Redpoll (Carduelis flammea) female among berries, Troy, Montana

Donald M. Jones / Common Redpoll (Carduelis flammea) female in winter, Troy, Montana

Donald M. Jones / Common Redpoll (Carduelis flammea) female on pine cone, Troy, Montana

Donald M. Jones / Common Redpoll (Carduelis flammea) female perching among berries, Troy, Montana

Donald M. Jones / Common Redpoll (Carduelis flammea) female, Troy, Montana

Luke Massey / 2020VISION / A flock of linnet (Carduelis cannabina) over farmland, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Luke Massey / 2020VISION / A flock of Linnets (Carduelis cannabina) in flight over farmland, Hertfordshire, England, UK, December

Luke Massey / 2020VISION / A flock of Linnets (Carduelis cannabina) in flight over farmland, Hertfordshire, England, UK, December

Robin Chittenden / Male Linnet (Carduelis cannabina) perched, Minsmere RSPB, Suffolk, England, May

Robin Chittenden / Linnet (Carduelis cannabina) feeding, Salthouse, Norfolk, England, December

Robin Chittenden / Male Linnet (Carduelis cannabina) perched, Minsmere RSPB, Suffolk, England, May

Scott Leslie / Common Redpoll (Carduelis flammea) in winter, Nova Scotia, Canada

Scott Leslie / Common Redpoll (Carduelis flammea) pair in winter, Nova Scotia, Canada

Scott Leslie / Common Redpoll (Carduelis flammea) pair in winter, Nova Scotia, Canada

Jan Vermeer / Linnet (Acanthis cannabina) female feeding on sunflower seeds, Europe

Dietmar Nill / Linnet perched {Acanthis cannabina} Germany