Finches in Shropshire
Our list for Shropshire has 10 finches recorded regularly there: 7 residents, 2 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Shropshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 10, 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 spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesPassage migrantRare17–18 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
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