No good news from me, no Crossbills around at all in the plantation this pm! Still a very pleasant afternoon in the sun!
Looking at the photo I agree with Dan at the moment, very interesting bird, extreme end of Common? I'd respect the views of those birders who have seen Parrot recently as I've not seen anything but Commons (and one interesting female east coast bird a few weeks ago!) for a long time, I'm wary of the angle as well, being front on it could be exaggerating the bill shape. Don't suppose you have any other pics of this individual in the stream you took Michael? Even dodgy ones?
ATB
There are a few large billed Crossbills around in the UK that I believe may be of European origin?