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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KenM" data-source="post: 3632688" data-attributes="member: 57880">Thanks for that rosbifs,  :t: Hawfinches to one side for the moment. The Hague data has proved most illuminating!....a five fold increase on YBW between 2013 and 2014! and just 2 records of Common Nightingale in 2009 over the same period as YBW 2008-2017. From my perspective, too much of a coincidence, as I also recorded both species in Central London during the "same" years as the Hague's, the only difference being that both my records were rejected, even though I supplied images of the latter! Clearly the Dutch are more enlightened, in future I'll send my records to the Dutch...as they appear to be less "risk" averse.Back to topic...another two Hawfinches within a flock of circa a dozen Chaffinches yesterday (didn't know that they "mixed?") heading North East.PS has anybody else noted Hawfinch flying with other finches?Cheers</blockquote>