Talk:Common linnet

Reptile?

Why does the article categorise the Linnet as a "species of reptile"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 47.88.217.55 (talk) 16:29, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Editing

Removed the following cut&paste from very old materials at http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/1/3/3/11330/11330-h/11330-h.htm

A linnet at sea

It has been often observed, that birds, in the course of their flight from one country to another, will frequently resort to the rigging of a ship, as a resting-place in their transit across the wide ocean. Mr. Gray, in his "Letters on Canada," gives the following instance:—Among the extraordinary things, he observes, one meets with at sea, it is not one of the least surprising to observe small land birds several hundred miles from land. I was sitting on deck, when, to my great surprise, my attention was arrested by the warbling of a bird. I looked up, and saw a linnet perched on the rigging, and whistling with as much ardour as if on a bush in a green meadow. It is not a little astonishing how these little birds should be able to continue on the wing so long as is necessary to fly several hundreds of miles, particularly when the usual shortness of their flight is considered. They continue sometimes with a vessel several days, and are frequently caught by the sailors; but it is remarked that they seldom live, though every care is taken to give them proper food. When the vessel rolls much, they find it difficult to retain their footing on the rigging, and you see them forced, as it were, to resume their flight in search of a better resting-place.

Replaced it with a simple, "They are sometimes found several hundred miles at sea". Samw 04:03, 26 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Archaic use of the name

The term 'linnet' appears to be used in a wide variety of pre-1970 documents to refer to red finches in western North America, most commonly the house finch. Do we want to mention this? Smptq (talk) 23:13, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

IUCN Confusion

The body of text refers to the Linnet as endangered, but the IUCN website classes it as 'Least Concern'. Should this section be removed then? --Owz182 (talk) 13:42, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

Uncommented Edit

I moved a reference in a poem by Burns from Conservation to Cultural References. My finger twitched before I could post a comment. J S Ayer (talk) 18:47, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

Is that why your a twitcher? Sorry. Martinevans123 (talk) 18:50, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

• you're J S Ayer (talk) 19:12, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

• owch. Martinevans123 (talk) 19:15, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

Size

The description of the bird lacks any reference to how big it is? I'm thinking this is rather an important oversight. Anyone any idea where we can find a reference to its length and wingspan? 92.30.163.199 (talk) 15:15, 18 June 2025 (UTC)