Hawfinch Invaders: Will They Now Breed?
Cage & Aviary Birds|February 14, 2018

WILD BIRDS

HAWFINCHES PUSHED INTO the UK in search of food last autumn could stay on here to nest, says the British Trust of Ornithology (BTO).

Zoe Wickens
Hawfinch Invaders: Will They Now Breed?

During October and early November 2017, figures spiked with hundreds of sightings recorded in Southeast England. Typically, these “irruptions” are due to a failing food supply in Europe, where crop failures in such countries as Romania and Germany push hawfinches into the UK for the winter.

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