Linnet (male) perched on a branch near the cattle pens at Otmoor

Otmoor RSPB reserve, near Beckley, Oxfordshire (June 2012)

Status is classified as Least Concern. Also known as Eurasian Linnet. For more information on this bird species see the following links:
Common linnet (Linaria cannabina) / Wikipedia
Common Linnet Linaria cannabina / Bird Forum
BirdLife International / Common Linnet Linaria cannabina