Finches in Essex
Our list for Essex has 11 finches recorded regularly there: 5 residents, 3 winter visitors, 1 passage migrant and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Essex 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
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesPassage migrantRare17–18 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraScarceRare15–17 cm
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisScarceRare13–14 cm
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