Finches in East Riding of Yorkshire
Our list for East Riding of Yorkshire has 13 finches recorded regularly there: 6 residents, 3 winter visitors and 4 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in East Riding of Yorkshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 13, most common first
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesPassage migrantUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Jun–Sep
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentRare15–17 cmRegularly Jun–Nov
SerinSerinus serinusPassage migrantRare11–12 cmRegularly Jun
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Serin 11–12 cm
- Eurasian Siskin 11–13 cm
- European Goldfinch 12–13 cm
- Common Redpoll 12–14 cm
- Linnet 13–14 cm
- Twite 13–14 cm
- Common Rosefinch 13–15 cm
- Chaffinch 14–16 cm
- Brambling 14–16 cm
- Greenfinch 15–16 cm
- Bullfinch 15–17 cm
- Red Crossbill 15–17 cm
- Hawfinch 17–18 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
Data: 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