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  1. John Cantelo

    Parrot Crossbills 2013

    Put simply I thought that they were crossbills on steroids!
  2. John Cantelo

    Parrot Crossbills 2013

    I'd say it was a similar order of magnitude - doubtless you'll now tell me you took the shot in Speyside.
  3. John Cantelo

    Parrot Crossbills 2013

    Just read it - way above my 'pay grade' I fear and, given recent discussions about the failing hearing of Britain's increasingly aged birders, well above many of their's too! I can just make out difference of this sort sitting listening to them using headphones and alert to whatever...
  4. John Cantelo

    Parrot Crossbills 2013

    Tony Morris has some photos of the Crossbills at Hempsted on his blog, but unfortunately, none are unequivocal Parrot Crossbills. However, unless my eyes decieve me the righthand bird in the third photo seems to have a slight, but distinct, more bulbous bill than the other 'obvious' male Common...
  5. John Cantelo

    Parrot Crossbills 2013

    My, you were up & on the computer early today! Given the relatively small size of the Scottish population compared to continental birds, the weather conditions and the location of the birds found thus far I'd have thought a continental origin would be far more probable. I'm sure these birds are...
  6. John Cantelo

    Parrot Crossbills 2013

    Thanks for preventing this thread from disappearing entirely! Apart from a very distant and 'fuzzy' shot, I'm not aware of any photos of the Hempsted birds which have generally been fairly distant (esp. compared with the Essex birds). I was hoping that this thread would encourage people to...
  7. John Cantelo

    Parrot Crossbills 2013

    Interesting learning curve yesterday seeing my first Parrot Crossbill. I've seen 'large-billed' crossbill previously in Scotland, but didn't list them as, to my mind without plenty of comparative experience, a local guide or a sonogram, it's probably not safe to identify them to species level...
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