Finches in Orkney Islands
Our list for Orkney Islands has 10 finches recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 4 summer visitors and 5 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Orkney Islands in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 10, most common first
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
GreenfinchChloris chlorisSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesPassage migrantUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Oct
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep
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