Finches in London
Our list for London has 10 finches recorded regularly there: 6 residents, 3 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in London in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 10, most common first
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesPassage migrantRare17–18 cmRegularly Oct–Dec
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentRare15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Dec
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