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Message: <blockquote data-quote="griffin" data-source="post: 869985" data-attributes="member: 34828">Peoples just ain't looking hard enough then ! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> With the vast forest tracts of Abernethy, Glenmore, Rothiemurchus not to mention the Spey Valley it should be heaving with them. I am over there soon ( some esteemed Birdforum members have been invited to join me but have so far not got back to me - you know who you are !)  :-C  Maybe I smell or something. If I don't see or hear a crossbill within an hour of getting out of the car I would be amazed. (Last time I was getting out the  car and a male Parrot flew over ).The theory that all crossbills north of Perth were Scottish and those to the South of Perth were Commons actually prevailed until very recently - possibly still does in some quarters. Then people started catching them, recording them and really studying them.Not sure there are Scotties in borders though - there are records but I am sceptical.Linz</blockquote>