Redpoll (Acanthis flammea) | Species | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 (1/4000th sec at f/11. Click image for larger version) DescriptionL: 14 cm; WS: 23 cm This tiny finch is streaky and brown with patches of red on its head. It is difficult to distinguish the sexes except during the breeding season, when the male has bright red on its breast. In 2024 Lesser Redpoll, Mealy Redpoll and Arctic Redpoll were lumped into one species. The Redpoll is a widespread breeding species in Scotland, northern and eastern England and Wales. It is less common in central, southern and south-west England, but can be found in these areas in winter. Its breeding habitat is birch and coniferous forests. The Redpoll is a Red list species, owing to population decline. There are about 220000 pairs in the UK. Sightings
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