Finches in Gwynedd
Our list for Gwynedd 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 Gwynedd 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
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesPassage migrantUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
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