Finches in Northern Ireland
Our list for Northern Ireland has 10 finches recorded regularly there: 7 residents, 2 summer visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Northern Ireland in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 10, most common first
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–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