Serin (Serinus serinus)Where and when to see it in the UK

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

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

Luis García (Zaqarbal), CC BY-SA 3.0 es, via Wikimedia Commons

Peak months

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Serin has been recorded in 76 of the 2,971 10 km squares covering UK land (3%) in records to 2026. Its strongest squares are in England, Scotland and Wales. Reporting peaks in October.

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN Red List, LC)

View on the IUCN Red List

Very high: 100% or more of visits
High: 1% to 100%
Moderate: <1% to 1%
Low: under <1%
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
Month	Relative to peak	Share of visits	Typical class
January	34%	<1%	Moderate
February	19%	<1%	Moderate
March	42%	<1%	Very high
April	75%	<1%	Very high
May	60%	<1%	Moderate
June	25%	<1%	Very high
July	4%	<1%	Very high
August	6%	<1%	Low
September	5%	<1%	Low
October	100%	<1%	Low
November	45%	<1%	Low
December	14%	<1%	High

Squares with the highest reporting rate in October

Square	Where	Share of visits	Class
ST34	Somerset, England	100%	Very high
SW71	Cornwall, England	100%	Very high
SV81	Isles of Scilly, England	2%	High
SV91	Isles of Scilly, England	1%	Moderate
SY66	Dorset, England	<1%	Low
SV90	Isles of Scilly, England	<1%	Low
TA27	East Riding of Yorkshire, England	<1%	Low
SM70	Pembrokeshire, Wales	<1%	Low
TA41	East Riding of Yorkshire, England	<1%	Low
TQ38	Hackney, England	<1%	Low