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Although living in a rural location, there is little tree cover nearby and therefore the variety of birds we get in the garden is fairly limited.<\/p>\n

Over the last few weeks we have had some new visitors though in the form of a pair of Linnets. These small finches are partial migrants to the UK and about the same size as a sparrow, but the males have a distinctive red head and breast. They certainly seem to be enjoying the forget-me-not seeds and I finally managed to take some photos of them the other day.<\/p>\n

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