Pair of Bullfinches

We live on the west coast of Scotland in the Highlands, and today I saw a male and female bullfinch in our garden. We have lived here over 25 years and this is our first sighting. I wondered if anyone knew if they are common this far north?.
  • Hello Poppy and welcom to the forum. I am further up in Caithness. Where about are you? I have not seen them with us, but that is not to say that they are around in Caithness somewhere. Hope you enjoy being on here.

    Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

  • I positively identified an adult male bullfinch 20 minutes ago in our garden. It was with other birds which also moved in the same way but I couldn't be sure they were also bullfinches. The birds were in our mature Swedish Whitebeam which is frequented by many different birds all year through. We live in Westfield, Caithness.