Finches in Galway
Our list for Galway has 10 finches recorded regularly there: 8 residents, 1 passage migrant and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Galway in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 10, most common first
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Dec–Oct
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisScarceUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Jan
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Oct
Smallest to largest
Length, cmData: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made