Hawfinches at Castle Howard

One of the events of this autumn is the influx of Hawfinches into England. The York area has had its share of these visitors with up to nine birds at Gilling East and small numbers elsewhere including six today over Milford Common. The largest flock, however, has been at the Yorkshire Arboretum, Castle Howard, where birds were first reported on 2nd November and numbers have built up to 50 or 60 over the weekend. There were fewer on Sunday but BirdGuides reports 50 again today, 6th November.