Pope, Nope, Alp, Red-Hoop, and Tony-Hoop, are all provincial appellations of... the common Bullfinch.
1885, C. Swainson, Provincial Names for British Birds, 66:
Bullfinch... From Alp, the old name for the bird used in Ray's time, the following seem to be derived:—Hoop, or Hope... Pope (Dorset). Hope and Mwope are identical, as also Pope.
1963, R. M. Nance, Glossary of Cornish Sea-words, 129: