Finches in Shetland Islands
Our list for Shetland Islands has 12 finches recorded regularly there: 5 residents, 3 summer visitors, 1 winter visitor and 3 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Shetland Islands in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 12, most common first
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jun–Sep
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesPassage migrantUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–May
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentRare15–17 cmRegularly Oct
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