Finches in Cornwall
Our list for Cornwall has 12 finches recorded regularly there: 5 residents, 3 summer visitors and 4 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Cornwall in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 12, most common first
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRegularly May–Nov
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesPassage migrantRare17–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
SerinSerinus serinusPassage migrantRare11–12 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
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