NATIVE HARDBILLS
AS I write, I have recently returned from the Eastern Federation show at Risby, Suffolk. There I had the pleasure of judging the champion hardbills.
As usual, the biggest classes were the greenfinches and redpolls. However, the section winner did not come from them, it came from the siskins: a very fine unflighted hen siskin benched by Neil Prentice. Greenfinches and redpolls have dominated the hardbill section at the specialist shows this season, so I
