Finches in East Dunbartonshire
Our list for East Dunbartonshire has 6 finches recorded regularly there: 5 residents and 1 winter visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in East Dunbartonshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 6, most common first
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRegularly Aug–Feb
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–May
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Feb
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRegularly Feb
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Eurasian Siskin 11–13 cm
- European Goldfinch 12–13 cm
- Common Redpoll 12–14 cm
- Chaffinch 14–16 cm
- Greenfinch 15–16 cm
- Bullfinch 15–17 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
Data: 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