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The UK Bird Atlas

Redpoll (Acanthis flammea)Where and when to see it in the UK

Status not yet classified · reporting peaks October to November · Finches, Euphonias, and Allies · BOU category AF

Records to 2026-08-16 · build 2026-08-31

Redpoll (Acanthis flammea)
Jyrki Salmi from Finland, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Peak months
Redpoll: relative reporting rate by 10 km square, September

Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (grid squares, place names from OS Open Names). Northern Ireland place names: OSNI Open Data, OGL v3.0. County and country boundaries: Office for National Statistics, Open Government Licence v3.0. Coastline: Natural Earth. Bird records from the data partners listed here.

Redpoll has been recorded in 2,311 of the 2,971 10 km squares covering UK land (78%) in records to 2026. Its strongest squares are in England, Scotland and Wales. Reporting peaks in October to November.

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN Red List, LC)
View on the IUCN Red List
Relative to this species' best squares (how classes are calculated)
Very high
19% or more of visits
High
7% to 19%
Moderate
3% to 7%
Low
under 3%
Surveyed, not recorded
at least 20 qualifying visits, no record
Insufficient records
too few visits to say
Lighter fill
Few visits, lower confidence
Small dot
Occasional: a single record, or out of season

Seasonality

Reporting rate by month, relative to the peak month
MonthRelative to peakShare of visitsTypical class
January 63%4%Very high
February 58%3%Very high
March 64%4%Very high
April 51%3%Very high
May 39%2%Very high
June 33%2%Very high
July 27%2%Very high
August 14%<1%Very high
September 28%2%Low
October 100%6%High
November 92%5%Very high
December 59%3%Very high

Squares with the highest reporting rate in October

SquareWhereShare of visitsClass
HU49Shetland Islands, Scotland100%Very high
HY20Orkney Islands, Scotland100%Very high
HY22Orkney Islands, Scotland100%Very high
J01Newry, Mourne and Down, Northern Ireland100%Very high
J22Newry, Mourne and Down, Northern Ireland100%Very high
NB31Na h-Eileanan Siar, Scotland100%Very high
NC13Highland, Scotland100%Very high
NH02Highland, Scotland100%Very high
NH94Highland, Scotland100%Very high
NJ11Moray, Scotland100%Very high

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