Twite

Acanthis flavirostris

Scarce residents & Summer Visitor of 11,000 pairs in Britain & Ireland.

Also breeds in Norway & South Eastern Europe.

Winters on the coasts of Britain, Denmark & the Low Countries.

Rare Winter migrants in the south.

They are brown streaked with black above; Adult Males also have a pink rump, Juveniles and Females a brown rump.

The underparts are buff to whitish, streaked with brown.

The conical bill is yellow in winter and grey in summer.

The call is a very distinctive nasal twaa-it, from which its name derives, and the song contains fast trills and twitters.