Finches in Dumfries and Galloway
Our list for Dumfries and Galloway has 10 finches recorded regularly there: 6 residents, 2 summer visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Dumfries and Galloway 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
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Nov–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