Paul Culyer (NRW) (when recently returning from holiday) received a fascinating email plus an attached photo from Mark Jones (a Ranger working for the NT at Stackpole). He forwarded Mark's email to us last night.
"....
please find enclosed the photo of the Hawfinch
in my back garden at Stackpole Court on July 9th. It stayed around just
long enough for me to take a few quick snaps of it. Definitely a tick in
my book! "
Here is Mark's lucky image of the hawfnch near a feeding blackbird.
You never know what might turn up anywhere and at any time do you?
We wonder, has it summered in the area (in nearby Lodge Park perhaps?).