Finches in West Yorkshire
Our list for West Yorkshire has 10 finches recorded regularly there: 5 residents, 1 summer visitor, 2 winter visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in West Yorkshire 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
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentRare15–17 cmRegularly May–Oct
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisPassage migrantRare13–14 cmRegularly Jan
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