I arrived early at Hartshill Hayes it had rained heavily earlier so I wasn't that hopeful. I stood overlooking the Leicestershire plains for nearly 30 minutes in slight drizzle before the first birds flew over – 3 Redwing. As the weather improved there was a trickle of Chaffinch but little else.
I was joined by John Harris and it was still quiet (if you know what I mean), eventually the weather started to improve and birds started to come through but not in great numbers.
After about 90 minutes a call above us, alerted us to a Hawfinch which promptly landed in the closest tree, it sat for about 30 seconds then continued its journey. Over the next hour we saw a further nine Hawfinch taking the tally to ten in total. By 11.00am my feet needed thawing out so I left, to my knowledge no other Hawfinch came through.
Totals for yesterday
Lapwing 2
Wood Pigeon c.350
Raven 2
Skylark 7
Starling 41
Fieldfare 54
Redwing 38
Mistle Thrush 3
Chaffinch 32
Brambling 1
Hawfinch 10
Bullfinch 1
Greenfinch 2
Redpoll 1
Goldfinch 16
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