European Goldfinch

Carduelis carduelis

European Goldfinch photographed by Jess
Lathom South, West Lancashire · July 11, 2026

When to look

Reported most in May, across 5M open records.

Records by month. January, 487,068 records. February, 341,502 records. March, 461,870 records. April, 631,904 records. May, 634,164 records. June, 408,730 records. July, 355,830 records. August, 327,439 records. September, 318,440 records. October, 394,575 records. November, 333,923 records. December, 334,216 records.

Occurrence data from GBIF (incl. the eBird Observation Dataset, © Cornell Lab of Ornithology, CC BY 4.0). Descriptive, not predictive.

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