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Twite, Totronald, Coll
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Coll Southwest
Twite (Carduelis flavirostris) which come to feeders at the RSPB nature reserve at Totronald, Coll. Male Twite can be distinguished from the similar Linnet by the red rump, light coloured beak, and generally streaky appearance.
25 April 2014
Twite looking for seeds on Ailsa Craig
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Firth of Clyde - Ailsa Craig birds (except Gannets)
Male Twite (Carduelis flavirostris), a member of the finch family, looking for seeds on Ailsa Craig. Twites feed almost exclusively on seeds such as dandelion or sorrel.
05 August 2008
Twite looking for seeds on Ailsa Craig
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Firth of Clyde - Ailsa Craig birds (except Gannets)
Twite (Carduelis flavirostris), a member of the finch family, looking for seeds on Ailsa Craig. Without even being able to see its head, the pink rump shows that it is a male Twite.
05 August 2008
Twite feeding its young, Ailsa Craig
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Firth of Clyde - Ailsa Craig birds (except Gannets)
A Twite (Carduelis flavirostris) feeding its young, at Ailsa Craig. Twites start breeding fairly late in the season, usually around May. They locate their nests low on the ground in heather or in a dense bush. Both male and female collect nest materials although the female builds the nest alone. It lays 5-6 pale greenish-blue eggs which have reddish brown speckles or splotches. They are incubated for 13 days, and chicks fledge the nest 15-17 days after hatching. Description improved by Ilaria Lonero.
05 August 2008
Twite flock on Ailsa Craig
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Firth of Clyde - Ailsa Craig birds (except Gannets)
Twite (Carduelis flavirostris) flock on Ailsa Craig. After the breeding season, Twites are evident in large groups or flocks of mixed finches near coastal and salt marsh regions. Description improved by Ilaria Lonero.
01 July 2007
Twite, Yesnaby, Orkney
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Orkney - Yesnaby
A flock of Twite (Carduelis flavirostris), some on an ancient flagstone, at Yesnaby, Orkney, taken by Lorna Beattie
31 March 2018
Twite on a Gorse bush, South Uist
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CEP - South Uist
Twite (Carduelis flavirostris) on a Gorse bush (Ulex europaeus), South Uist. Scanned from a slide taken by CE Palmar in 1969. Since this photo was taken, Twite populations have undergone dramatic declines, like many of our farmland birds, due to the intensification of agriculture.
22 May 1969
Twite nest, North Uist
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CEP - North Uist
Nest of Twite (Carduelis flavirostris), Hougharry, North Uist. Scanned from a slide taken by CE Palmar in 1967. Twites nest low on the ground in heather or in a dense bush. Both male and female collect nest materials although the female builds the nest alone which is constructed from rootlets and heather and lined with wool, hair, feathers, and thistle down. Twites lay 5-6 pale greenish-blue eggs which have reddish brown speckles or splotches. Description improved by Ilaria Lonero.
07 July 1967
Twite, Totronald, Coll
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Coll Southwest
Twite (Carduelis flavirostris), RSPB Nature Reserve, Totronald, Coll. Seed eaters such as Twite like to come to water for a drink to wash the seeds down.
22 August 2014
Twite, Totronald, Coll
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Coll Southwest
Twite (Carduelis flavirostris), RSPB Nature Reserve, Totronald, Coll. Note the short, light-coloured beak, suitable for eating seeds.
