"Hawfinches", watercolour, Birding World magazine cover, image size 28 x 28cm, £375.

Hawfinches by Artist Richard Allen

Hawfinches feeding quietly in the leaf litter can be surprisingly hard to see, until they suddenly fly up in a blaze of colour.

This painting can currently be viewed at Birdscapes Gallery, Glandford, Norfolk.

To buy this painting email Richard Allen.