These days a rare sight indeed around here. With only a couple of exceptions all recent records have come from here, the Ham Lane area of Ferry Meadows: and then only one or two, usually in the middle of winter. Is this a species on the edge of extinction around Peterborough?
Hawfinch (
Coccothraustes coccothraustes), female
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Digiscoped with the Nikon CP995, Leica APO77 and 20x eyepiece.
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