Finches in South Ayrshire
Our list for South Ayrshire has 8 finches recorded regularly there: 5 residents and 3 winter visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in South Ayrshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 8, most common first
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
GreenfinchChloris chlorisWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisWinter visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Eurasian Siskin 11–13 cm
- European Goldfinch 12–13 cm
- Common Redpoll 12–14 cm
- Linnet 13–14 cm
- Twite 13–14 cm
- Chaffinch 14–16 cm
- Greenfinch 15–16 cm
- Bullfinch 15–17 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
Data: 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