Sunday 23 March 2014

Two-Barred Crossbills today at Broomhead

Three males and a female in the feeder clearing early on between 7.30 - 8.15am. Some chasing around the trees involving at least two males, calling and some song I believe although I am not familiar with the song.

Noticed a male taking pale lichen from the branches of the conifers - see photos

Also 4 Common Crossbill, 2 Chiff-chaff, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Bullfinch (feeding in Larch)








1 comment:

Graham Speight said...

Common Crossbills were all over the woods this morning, at least 30 birds in small(ish) flocks, clearly they are not breeding at present.Also plenty of Siskins and a few Lesser Redpolls around.