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Crossbill uk (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter eagle33
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bitterntwisted
Graham Howard Shortt
Let's have the out of focus ones in case. Can't judge the bill but it is a stocky looking beast.
Dougie Preston
I live for this S**T
Sorry, but not sure you would be able to make a convincing argument for a Parrot from these pics.
The bird does look chunky, but thats all I can make out. The impression of a large bill may just be because it's eating and blurry?
I think this is a case of perhaps taking notes (even mental ones) instead of pics, may have given you the view you needed to clinch the id?
The bird does look chunky, but thats all I can make out. The impression of a large bill may just be because it's eating and blurry?
I think this is a case of perhaps taking notes (even mental ones) instead of pics, may have given you the view you needed to clinch the id?
Steve Waite
What you looking at?
Has to be a candidate for a Parrot. Looks big, thick necked and bright - that rump is gleaming!!!
dan pointon
Can't Stop
Where was the beast Craig?
eagle33
Craig Shaw
Hi Dan whinlatter forest park in Cumbria!
dan pointon
Can't Stop
Nice- assumed it would be somewhere in Cumbria. Not gonna comment on the ID myself, I can't add much else than those above me, do you have anymoroe pics of a Common for comparison? With the movements of Parrots on the continent an influx was on the cards, so it would be hardly surprising if it was a Parrot. My biggest British tart so here's hoping!!!
D
pmydon
Grey Nomad
Hi Craig,
Whinlatter is only a few miles from me. Will go walking there tomorrow to walk off my expected hangover. Can you narrow the area down a little using the visitor's centre as a direction signpost?
Thanks
Derek
eagle33
Craig Shaw
Hi Derek have a coffee out side the visitor center. The crossbills were in the trees over looking the car park.
Good Luck
Xenospiza
Distracted
The bill looks quite big, but on the best picture it is slightly open I guess. I saw a bird approaching this yesterday in a flock of Common Crossbills while waiting for Parrot Crossbills, which got me a bit excited.
However, when the real Parrot Crossbills arrived, their thick necks and huge bills were really obvious. Being careful, I would consider it a heavy-billed Common (also because it's in a spruce...)
However, when the real Parrot Crossbills arrived, their thick necks and huge bills were really obvious. Being careful, I would consider it a heavy-billed Common (also because it's in a spruce...)
Dougie Preston
I live for this S**T
Vipers
Brunswick Birder
What difference does it being in a spruce make?
Parrot Crossbills tend to favour (and specialize) on Scots Pine. However, I have had them on Norway Spruce many times in Scotland and I believe this is also the norm in Fenno-scandia.
Lindsay
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