Common Redpoll

Each year, GBBC reveals new patterns of distribution for northern finches which move south when faced with food shortages. These shortages are often caused by late frosts that kill the tree flowers that produce the seed the birds need the following winter. In 2007, large numbers of Common Redpolls have been counted in the west with fewer, though significant numbers in the east. Take a look at the map section of the results to see the distribution of these birds.