Finches in Aberdeenshire
Our list for Aberdeenshire has 11 finches recorded regularly there: 6 residents, 1 summer visitor, 2 winter visitors, 1 passage migrant and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Aberdeenshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 11, most common first
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Jun–Nov
Parrot CrossbillLoxia pytyopsittacusScarceRare16–18 cm
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