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Eurasian Linnet

Linaria cannabina

394,460Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
127Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan18,049
Feb14,283
Mar27,277
Apr57,959
May55,080
Jun38,884
Jul37,079
Aug39,015
Sep34,616
Oct36,409
Nov18,902
Dec13,655

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England29,269
2Norfolk England21,449
3Suffolk England17,931
4East Riding of Yorkshire England17,621
5Kent England17,585
6Cornwall England12,636
7Surrey England10,668
8Lincolnshire England9,784
9Dorset England9,329
10Essex England7,709
11Oxfordshire England7,691
12North Yorkshire England6,095
13Devon England5,930
14South Ayrshire Scotland4,999
15Sefton England4,597
344,124 England33,222 Scotland14,786 Wales2,231 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 127 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
394,460
Peak month
April
Counties with records
127
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Linaria cannabina
Also known as
Linnet
Group
Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000
120,473
Conservation designations
Bern Convention, Birds of Conservation Concern, Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Fringillidae
Genus
Linaria
Name with authority
Linaria cannabina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
51

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q27075852 · GBIF 8104397