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Grindon Hill, Wark Forest, Northumberland  February 2003

nice red males!

Grindon Hill, Wark Forest, Northumberland  February 2003

pair collecting lichens

Crossbill  Loxia curvirostra

 

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Harwood Forest, Northumberland  April 2010

streaky, recently fledged juvenile with mandibles just starting to cross

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Holywell Village, Northumberland  July 2009

a ‘grounded’ male migrant in a suburban street

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Harwood Forest, Northumberland  February 2011

male

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Kielder Forest, Northumberland  February 2011

female (3 above) apparently eating grass on roadside just feet from traffic!

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Harwood Forest, Northumberland  February 2011

wing-barred female  - a rare variant but not a Two-barred Crossbill!