Finches in Dorset
Our list for Dorset has 11 finches recorded regularly there: 7 residents, 2 winter visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Dorset in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 11, most common first
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesPassage migrantRare17–18 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
SerinSerinus serinusPassage migrantRare11–12 cmRegularly Apr–May
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