Finches in Stirling
Our list for Stirling has 11 finches recorded regularly there: 6 residents, 2 summer visitors, 2 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Stirling 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
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRegularly Dec–Oct
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesPassage migrantUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Jan
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Aug
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Jan
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisScarceRare13–14 cm
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