Finches in East Lothian
Our list for East Lothian has 10 finches recorded regularly there: 7 residents, 2 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in East Lothian 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
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentUncommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
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