Bird Sighting
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhula · Fringillidae (Finches)
01/01/2023 · Elton Hall Flash, Central area
- Date
- 01/01/2023
- Location
- Elton Hall Flash
- Recording area
- Central area
- Grid reference
- SJ 7246 5957
- Observer
- admin
Grid reference: SJ 7246 5957 53.13262, -2.41300 Open in OpenStreetMap
Bullfinch in our records
- Records
- 6
- First recorded
- 04/01/2021
- Last recorded
- 01/01/2026
- Places
- Elton Hall Flash, Maw Green Tip
Other recent records
About the Bullfinch
The Eurasian bullfinch or common bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) is a small passerine bird in the finch family, Fringillidae. In Anglophone Europe it is known simply as the bullfinch (English regional, Shropshire: plum bird), as it is the original bird to bear the name bullfinch.
- Conservation status (IUCN)
- Least Concern
- Wingspan
- 26 cm
- Weight
- 2.4–31 g
Francis Franklin, CC BY-SA 3.0 
Alpsdake, CC BY-SA 3.0 
Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 
spacebirdy(also known as geimfyglið (:> )=| made with Sternenlaus-spirit), CC BY-SA 3.0 
Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0 
Jonathan Peters (Govvy), CC BY-SA 3.0 
Francis C. Franklin, CC BY-SA 3.0
Text adapted from the Wikipedia article “Eurasian bullfinch” by its contributors (introduction, may be shortened), available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, with the photographer and licence under each one.