Great Gaddesden - 31.12.17

In my last post I mentioned the words end of the birding year, but with birding you shouldn't count your chickens too soon! A phone call from George Moreton saw me heading 4 miles to the north of home to his local patch where he had found a flock of his favourite bird. Hawfinch! 15 to be precise but all the time I was there I only saw them perched briefly but mostly seen in flight. Not a year tick after my garden fly over earlier in the year but a great record so close to home.