Finches in Vale of Glamorgan
Our list for Vale of Glamorgan 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 Vale of Glamorgan in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 10, most common first
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesPassage migrantUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Nov–Dec
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 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