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 Post subject: Two-barred Crossbill
PostPosted: Mon Dec 02, 2013 10:00 pm 
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in the last week I have walked about 35 miles and spent 4 days looking for crossbills in Lincs conifer woodlands thus far without any success but there will never be a better winter to find some 2 barred Crossbills so if everyone gets out and has a look in all those neglected conifer plantations where there are larch trees we might stand a chance; forget following the dictates of the information services and waiting for someone else lets do some bird finding!


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 Post subject: Re: Two-barred Crossbill
PostPosted: Mon Dec 02, 2013 10:19 pm 
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 Post subject: Re: Two-barred Crossbill
PostPosted: Tue Dec 03, 2013 4:34 pm 
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Don't forget about these Parrot Crossbills :)

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 Post subject: Re: Two-barred Crossbill
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I had a look in Rowland Plantation (mainly Scot's pine but with some larch) but not even a suspicion of a crossbill, and I didn't see any cones that could have been crossbill-tweaked.

Is larch essential? I believe some of the two-bars this year - e.g. those at Hemsted Forest, Kent, where there are 3 species (or possibly one, or 33, depending on your taste) - are feeding mainly in pine.

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 Post subject: Re: Two-barred Crossbill
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Graham - where have you (and anyone else) been? Have folk checked the old hotspot Kirkby Moor area well?

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 Post subject: Re: Two-barred Crossbill
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Alex Lees wrote:
Graham - where have you (and anyone else) been? Have folk checked the old hotspot Kirkby Moor area well?

Hi Alex

I have done Laughton, Twigmoor, Forest Pines and some of Willingham, I know that leaves a lot to go at!


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 Post subject: Re: Two-barred Crossbill
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Thanks Graham... should I get a chance then I'll start around Grantham and slowly expand the search radius north and east!

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