Birds and wildlife

Lesser Redpoll

Acanthis cabaretGroup: FinchesUK Conservation status:Red

How to identify

This tiny finch – only slightly bigger than a Blue Tit – is streaky and brown with patches of red on its head and sometimes its breast. They like to hang upside down to feed in trees. It has recently been 'split' from the Common (or Mealy) Redpoll, a larger and paler species which is a winter visitor to the UK.

Key

  1. Resident
  2. Passage
  3. Summer
  4. Winter
* This map is intended as a guide. It shows general distribution rather than detailed, localised populations.
  1. Jan
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  3. Mar
  4. Apr
  5. May
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  11. Nov
  12. Dec

Where best to see them

Key facts