What have you seen

Fabulous spot, Nellie! Apparently the collective noun for crossbills is a ‘warp’ or a ‘crookedness’. I’ve only seen them in pairs. I’m going in search of Hawfinch this next few days, apparently there are quite a few around. I wonder what their CN is?

Hi mickysf it is a Collection of Hawfinches hope this helps and yes we have had them already on our window ledge bird feeder.

Would like to see some Crossbills none of them around here will have to check one of my books to see where over here.

Still got a lot of butterflies about here even had a Small Copper in the garden a couple of days ago.

Thanks, RK. Just tipped off that Hawfinch are near us today. I’ve never seen one so hope to in our efforts this week. We are headed to Clumber Park site next week where several have also been spotted so a second chance there.
Strangely we still have bats around us with quite a lot of flying insects about. The leaves are falling but still lots on the trees here. I remember harsh frosts at this time in past years and even snow. We left one site on the last morning some years back concerned that we wouldn’t make it up the hill. Thankfully we did but things are not as they were. No frosts and no snow yet.

Micky, there are certainly lots of flying insects out of a night at the moment, as they are attracted to my head torch when I take Flyte out for our last walk!!

Hope you manage to see the Hawfinch, I have not yet seen one, but don't go out of my way to do so.

Just as a matter of interest Hawfinches like Hornbeams and seem to favour church yards, although the ones we've seen in the past were in neither.

For those interested.
Hawfinch Here