Finches in Suffolk
Our list for Suffolk has 11 finches recorded regularly there: 5 residents and 6 winter visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Suffolk 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 visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisWinter visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorRare17–18 cmRegularly Sep–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