Bird Sighting

Species photo: Francis Franklin, CC BY-SA 3.0

Bullfinch

Pyrrhula pyrrhula · Fringillidae (Finches)

Where Bullfinch has been seen

Bullfinch in our records

Records
6
First recorded
04/01/2021
Last recorded
01/01/2026
Places
Elton Hall Flash, Maw Green Tip

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

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.