Finches in Scottish Borders
Our list for Scottish Borders 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 Scottish Borders 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 cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Aug
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