Very rare winter visitor.

There are occasional large influxes of Mealy Redpolls to Britain when the availability of Birch seed in northern Europe is scarce or as a result of deep snow. At least ten were seen during the 1975/76 influx at Watery Grove on 24 February 1976. In 2011, a male was in a Stevenage garden on 4 February 2011, and another bird was seen at Great Ashby on 17 March 2011.