Finches in Fife
Our list for Fife has 11 finches recorded regularly there: 7 residents, 3 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Fife 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 pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 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 curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–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