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Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
19/07/21	Common Crossbill	Watermead Lake	2	D Forder @DanFWildlife
15:59	2+ south through.
29/11/21	Common Crossbill	Rushmere Park	1	R D Andrews
08:05	Heard calling from tops of pines near clearfell.
07/11/21	Common Crossbill	Great Hampden	1	P Watts
09:30	At least one flew over. Heard only as I was in woodland.
07/11/21	Common Crossbill	Great Hampden	1	P Watts
09:30	At least one flew over. Heard only as I was in woodland.
07/11/21	Common Crossbill	Great Hampden	1	P Watts
09:30	At least one flew over. Heard only as I was in woodland.
07/11/21	Common Crossbill	Great Hampden	1	P Watts
09:30	At least one flew over. Heard only as I was in woodland.
07/11/21	Common Crossbill	Great Hampden	1	P Watts
09:30	At least one flew over. Heard only as I was in woodland.
10/11/21	Common Crossbill	Radclive	1	M S Hunt
15:45	At least 1 bird alarm calling in finch flock in copse not seen.
07/11/21	Common Crossbill	Great Hampden	1	P Watts
09:30	At least one flew over. Heard only as I was in woodland.
29/10/21	Common Crossbill	Back Wood	3	H Appleyard
	1 male and 2 fem. My first Crossbills here in a few months, spending a while in deciduous trees overlooking one of the outer meadows.
22/10/21	Common Crossbill	Steps Hill	1	M Wallen
10:30	Heard calling, unsure if flying over or in trees somewhere.
14/10/21	Common Crossbill	Tattenhoe Park, Milton Keynes	2	H Al-Farhan
07:00	On behalf of Szimi.
16/10/21	Common Crossbill	Steps Hill	7	M Wallen
10:40	In one flock over the hill to the west not long after dawn. Seen with C.Woodward.
13/10/21	Common Crossbill	Buckingham	1	M S Hunt
11:05	A lone bird overN/W calling.
06/10/21	Common Crossbill	Steps Hill	4	M Wallen
08:00	A flock of 3 over to the West early on included at least 1 male. a single bird an hour later, also over to the west.
07/10/21	Common Crossbill	Waddesdon	1	M S Hunt
10:02
28/09/21	Common Crossbill	Steps Hill	2	M Wallen
08:00	Over- south.
27/08/21	Common Crossbill	Rushmere Park	1	R D Andrews
09:56	Over calling. The first here for a while.
15/06/21	Common Crossbill	Back Wood	2	H Appleyard
	2 individuals heard calling before seen flying through a gap in the canopy.
04/06/21	Common Crossbill	Rushmere Park	1	R D Andrews
16:45	Flew over calling.
27/05/21	Common Crossbill	Rushmere Park	7	R D Andrews
08:15	Heard calling in pines around clearfell and counted as they moved between trees.
18/05/21	Common Crossbill	Rushmere Park	4	R D Andrews
08:10	Four was the most seen at one time feeding in a larch but other sightings of 3,2 & 1 flying over may have been different birds.
16/05/21	Common Crossbill	Rushmere Park	1	R D Andrews
10:45	Heard as it flew over calling.
11/05/21	Common Crossbill	Back Wood	1	H Appleyard
	Distant calls heard.
09/05/21	Common Crossbill	Rushmere Park	5	R D Andrews
12:30	4 stunning males and a female feeding in larch.
05/05/21	Common Crossbill	Rushmere Park	14	R D Andrews
08:00	A flock of 12 flew over the clearfell area calling with two more following just behind.
05/05/21	Common Crossbill	Rushmere Park	14	R D Andrews
08:00	A flock of 12 flew over the clearfell area calling with two more following just behind.
02/05/21	Common Crossbill	Rushmere Park	5	R D Andrews
10:30	Minimum count as this was the most seen flying over together but others heard and seen perched by the clearfell area.
01/05/21	Common Crossbill	Rushmere Park	1	R D Andrews
08:30	Male flying over on three occasions so possibly the same bird.
23/04/21	Common Crossbill	Back Wood	1	H Appleyard
	Single bird heard calling over the woodland canopy.
16/04/21	Common Crossbill	Rushmere Park	16	R D Andrews
08:15	Surprised to see a good flock still present perched up in two larches by the clearfell.
20/04/21	Common Crossbill	Rushmere Park	1	R D Andrews
18:15	Male singing in one of the regular lookout/song post trees.
19/04/21	Common Crossbill	Rushmere Park	3	R D Andrews
08:00	Males together in a larch.
18/04/21	Common Crossbill	Rushmere Park	1	R D Andrews
17:45	Male.
18/04/21	Common Crossbill	Rushmere Park	1	R D Andrews
17:45	Male.
17/04/21	Common Crossbill	Back Wood	1	M Wilkinson
15:00	fem. Evidence of breeding. SP9133.
16/04/21	Common Crossbill	Rushmere Park	16	R D Andrews
08:15	Surprised to see a good flock still present perched up in two larches by the clearfell.
14/04/21	Common Crossbill	Rushmere Park	1	R D Andrews
08:00	Male at top of regular lookout/song post tree on edge of clearfell.
13/04/21	Common Crossbill	Back Wood	1	H Appleyard
	Only one sighting/occurrence of calls on today's visit, from a single bird flying past the southern edge of the wood.
07/04/21	Common Crossbill	Back Wood	9	H Appleyard
	At least 9 present. Calls heard throughout the visit and several seen feeding on a pine near the Woburn golf course.
03/04/21	Common Crossbill	Rushmere Park	7	R D Andrews
09:50	The most seen at one time but others seen or heard a few times during walk.
02/04/21	Common Crossbill	Rushmere Park	2	R D Andrews
09:30	Flying over clearfell calling.
01/04/21	Common Crossbill	Rushmere Park	13	R D Andrews
08:30	Near clearfell area included at least 5 males including one singing.
30/03/21	Common Crossbill	Rushmere Park	6	R D Andrews
07:55	Feeding in Larch on edge of clearfell area and later a male singing at the top of a regular pine tree song post.
30/03/21	Common Crossbill	Back Wood	1	H Appleyard
	Calls heard just once in about a couple of hours walking around the site.
28/03/21	Common Crossbill	Rushmere Park	2	R D Andrews
09:15	Including a male singing in usual area so presumably breeding.
24/03/21	Common Crossbill	Rushmere Park	14	R D Andrews
08:05	Flock of 9 flew over clearfell area calling with another 5 feeding in a larch at the same time.
22/03/21	Common Crossbill	Rushmere Park	5	R D Andrews
08:05	After no sign over the weekend it was good to get a few again this morning. Minimum count as heard on a few occasions but 4 seen while at least one other was calling nearby.
23/03/21	Common Crossbill	Homefield Wood	1	A D Bassett
14:00	Over calling.
24/03/21	Common Crossbill	Rushmere Park	5	J Richardson
09:40	In trees adjacent to the main car park, but very mobile.
23/03/21	Common Crossbill	Stoke Common	4	D J Bevan
19:43	Two over in NE corner Two over West side.
23/03/21	Common Crossbill	Back Wood	6	H Appleyard
	1 male 5 fem. Flock resting in deciduous trees overlooking one of the outer meadows.
22/03/21	Common Crossbill	Great Hampden	2	M Collard
21:16	With Dave P; in flight and calling.
22/03/21	Common Crossbill	Rushmere Park	5	R D Andrews
08:05	After no sign over the weekend it was good to get a few again this morning. Minimum count as heard on a few occasions but 4 seen while at least one other was calling nearby.
22/03/21	Common Crossbill	Stoke Common	2	R W Seekins
09:30
19/03/21	Common Crossbill	Bletchley	1	H Appleyard
	Given away by calls as it passed over Water Eaton.
18/03/21	Common Crossbill	Stoke Common	7	R W Seekins
07:00
15/03/21	Common Crossbill	Back Wood	10	H Appleyard
	Flock observed for a few minutes feeding near the top of one of the larches overlooking the golf course.
15/03/21	Common Crossbill	Bow Brickhill Wood	5	H Appleyard
	3 male 2 fem. Flock of 5 preening and feeding on buds in a deciduous tree over a woodland clearing, not far from Back Wood.
14/03/21	Common Crossbill	Back Wood	23	H Al-Farhan
11:30
13/03/21	Common Crossbill	Rushmere Park	5	R D Andrews
08:15	Ones and twos heard flying over on a few occasions but 5 was the max count at one time.
09/03/21	Common Crossbill	Back Wood	5	H Appleyard
	A maximum of 5 seen at once flying over the wood. Also a couple seen in pines over the golf course including what appeared to be a first calendar year male, still showing speckles on the chest and hints of green on the head.
06/03/21	Common Crossbill	Tattenhoe, Milton Keynes	1	H Appleyard
	Briefly seen over the linear park, given away by calls as it unsurprisingly went east towards the Brickhills. Possibly with more but this was a very brief view between trees.
06/03/21	Common Crossbill	Back Wood	16	C Gibbs
11:30
06/03/21	Common Crossbill	Great Brickhill	5	C E Woodward
09:56
05/03/21	Common Crossbill	Great Brickhill	12	R D Andrews
08:15	At least including a male singing in Rushmere Park.
05/03/21	Common Crossbill	Great Brickhill	40	C Coppock
15:00	m+f. Rough count. In larches around clearfell area. The site should be called "Rushmere Country Park (Bucks)". Also min. 3 Siskin (m+f--scarce this winter), 1 Marsh tit, 1 Grey wagtail, 1 Tawny owl heard (unless it was people larking about), c.80 Wigeon over. SP910292.
03/03/21	Common Crossbill	Great Brickhill	50	N Webber
08:15	Rushmere CP recently clear-felled area along the Greensand Ridge Walk (SP908292). Having seen groups of 2,3 & 8, c40 others flew in, quite a sight. No forestry work today, so much quieter.
28/02/21	Common Crossbill	Great Brickhill	11	R D Andrews
09:15	At least in Rushmere park.
01/03/21	Common Crossbill	Great Brickhill	19	R D Andrews
08:10	In Rushmere park around clearfell area. This number counted perched in Larch but others calling nearby.
01/03/21	Common Crossbill	Back Wood	18	H Appleyard
	Lots of activity from these today. Hard to be sure of total numbers with calls heard throughout the visit between views of small groups feeding on pines in the woodland canopy. Largest single flock seen contained 18 birds.
28/02/21	Common Crossbill	Baldwin's Wood, The Hale	15	N Giles
09:00
27/02/21	Common Crossbill	Stoke Common	12	R W Seekins
09:30	In 2 groups in flight North at Western end.
27/02/21	Common Crossbill	Great Brickhill	12	R D Andrews
09:15	At least this number in Rushmere Park between car park and clearfell area including a few singing.
26/02/21	Common Crossbill	Great Brickhill	18	J Richardson
14:45	Seen in Rushmere Park, (Bucks sector) from the footpath leading N out of the main carpark. 5 males, the rest a mixture of females and juvs.
25/02/21	Common Crossbill	Wendover Woods	2	G Hinton
16:00	Pair at top of trees, but mobile, around track upto the fire crest hide from the hale end. SP887078.
23/02/21	Common Crossbill	Great Beards Wood	1	A Rowe
13:31	male.
20/02/21	Common Crossbill	Great Brickhill	12	R D Andrews
14:30	At least in Rushmere Park.
22/02/21	Common Crossbill	Great Brickhill	8	R D Andrews
08:10	At least flew over clearfell area in Rushmere Park with others calling nearby.
21/02/21	Common Crossbill	Penn Street	9	R W Seekins
11:30	From Penn wood towards Tragoe plantation then veered SE towards Great Beards.
17/02/21	Common Crossbill	Great Beards Wood	1	R W Seekins
15:00
19/02/21	Common Crossbill	Great Brickhill	15	J Richardson
10:30	11 in the felled area, and another 4 in larches a, long 60 metres from the main car park, Rushmere Park.
19/02/21	Common Crossbill	Great Brickhill	16	R D Andrews
08:15	Flying around the clearfell area in Rushmere Park in one flock.
18/02/21	Common Crossbill	Great Beards Wood	1	P J Stevens
15:30	Some still. Flight calls from several over the Douglas firs on the north side of the wood.
13/02/21	Common Crossbill	Penn Street	16	R W Seekins
08:30	Penn Street Farm Survey.
12/02/21	Common Crossbill	Penn Street	1	R W Seekins
13:43
14/02/21	Common Crossbill	Great Brickhill	7	R D Andrews
13:30	Seen in same place as yesterday but definitely more than this as others calling and sub singing.
13/02/21	Common Crossbill	Great Brickhill	26	R D Andrews
11:30	Flocks of 17 & 9 feeding in adjacent larches around clearfell near Woodpecker sculpture along Greensand ridge in Rushmere Park. At least 12 males.
12/02/21	Common Crossbill	Great Brickhill	2	R D Andrews
11:45	Pair in top of Larch.
12/02/21	Common Crossbill	Penn Wood	10	P J Stevens
11:30	Around 10 flew out of a larch clump(east of The Penna) and flew off east towards Priestlands Wood. .
11/02/21	Common Crossbill	Great Brickhill	10	R D Andrews
13:30	At least calling as they flew over between car park and clearfell area in Rushmere Park.
11/02/21	Common Crossbill	Great Beards Wood	14	A Rowe
17:28	Flew into top of fir tree with Siskin, under counting of both birds, couldn't prise my eyes of this tree.
08/02/21	Common Crossbill	Penn Street	17	R W Seekins
12:40	Flew from Penn house over Penn Street Farm to Tragoes plantation then back towards Penn woods.
06/02/21	Common Crossbill	Great Brickhill	20	R D Andrews
13:10	At least in conifers by new clearfell area in Rushmere Park. 17 seen perched together in Larch with others feeding in conifers.
06/02/21	Common Crossbill	Great Brickhill	5	R Meardon
13:00	At least 5, maybe more.
05/02/21	Common Crossbill	Great Beards Wood	3	R W Seekins
09:45	Heard flying over. Unfortunately tree thinning has started and all non public paths shut off ☹️.
03/02/21	Common Crossbill	Hunt's Wood, Taplow	20	D L Cleal
12:00	Still a sizeable flock in Larches on the west side of the golf club.
03/02/21	Common Crossbill	Great Brickhill	20	N Webber
09:00	Map reference approx SP911 295.
03/02/21	Common Crossbill	Great Brickhill	20	N Webber
09:00	Just inside Bucks on the Greensand Ridge Walk about a half mile west of the gatehouse on the Heath & Reach to Great Brickhill lane. Be aware that forestry work is going on but the birds seemed unconcerned. Look for a clear-felled area. The birds were giving prolonged views as they fed, occasionally dropping down to lower branches. Difficult to count, but at least 20 birds in the flock.
26/01/21	Common Crossbill	Winchmore Hill	2	R W Seekins
14:00	Minimum of 2 flying around Canopy, Tragoes Plantation.
27/01/21	Common Crossbill	Great Beards Wood	42	J Edwards
15:24	More than this present throughout the wood but difficult to count accurately as flocks mobile and often silent when feeding on the cones.
26/01/21	Common Crossbill	Winchmore Hill	2	R W Seekins
09:22	Tragoes Plantation. At least 2 flying in treetops.
25/01/21	Common Crossbill	Winchmore Hill	2	R W Seekins
11:30	Tragoes Plantation.
25/01/21	Common Crossbill	Great Beards Wood	40	R W Seekins
14:00	Plus. In NE corner, flew west in 3 flocks total 38 with more in trees above.
24/01/21	Common Crossbill	Great Beards Wood	10	R W Seekins
14:00
22/01/21	Common Crossbill	Tattenhoe Park, Milton Keynes	1	H Appleyard
	A morning flyover, calling as it flew to the west. My first Crossbill record for the Tattenhoe area from January. Image in the gallery.
22/01/21	Common Crossbill	Penn Wood	1	R W Seekins
14:30	Overflying the Penna.
13/01/21	Common Crossbill	Beaconsfield	5	L Evans
	5+ still present in GreenAcres Chiltern Ceremonial Park.
19/01/21	Common Crossbill	Great Hampden	13	D Parmenter
11:30	minimum count, at W end of field flying over conifers by Grim's Ditch.
17/01/21	Common Crossbill	Great Hampden	14	R D Andrews
14:15	Flocks of 6 & 8 flying around calling plus other sightings later on of 2, 3 & 4 which may or may not have been from these groups.
09/01/21	Common Crossbill	Homefield Wood	20	G Parkinson
09:58	Mixed sex group, also with some Siskins, some photographed. SU813866.
15/01/21	Common Crossbill	Homefield Wood	20	G Parkinson
10:03	Large group moving about together, briefly resting in one tree. A mixed sex group. Photographed one. SU813866.
11/01/21	Common Crossbill	Great Beards Wood	19	R W Seekins
14:00	5 Nw, 14 in Owlsears wood.
12/01/21	Common Crossbill	Beaconsfield	2	A J Stevens
11:54	In a larch tree in the garden briefly this morning.
10/01/21	Common Crossbill	Springfield Farm Landfill	12	D J Bevan
14:16	5 males 7 female Larch west side of Dipple wood next to PFP.
09/01/21	Common Crossbill	Hunt's Wood, Taplow	2	D L Cleal
14:30	2 females seen but others heard.
09/01/21	Common Crossbill	Hampden House	1	R Collard
13:34
01/01/21	Common Crossbill	Great Beards Wood	32	L Evans
	Still feeding on remaining pines of Western Hemlock firs.
08/01/21	Common Crossbill	Hampden House	6	M Collard
15:58	Over, calling.
06/01/21	Common Crossbill	Penn Street	2	N Marriner
09:30	On Farm supplementary feeding count.
02/01/21	Common Crossbill	Little Hampden	2	P Watts
11:00	Over, calling and landed in woods.
02/01/21	Common Crossbill	Little Hampden	2	P Watts
11:00	Over, calling and landed in woods.
02/01/21	Common Crossbill	Redland End	29	R W Seekins
14:15	In flock of 12, 17 and 4.
02/01/21	Common Crossbill	Little Hampden	2	P Watts
11:00	Over, calling and landed in woods.
02/01/21	Common Crossbill	Hunt's Wood, Taplow	30	D L Cleal
14:00	Possibly the same flock (similar number) that were here a few weeks back. Feeding in Larch on the west side of the golf course.
02/01/21	Common Crossbill	Little Hampden	2	P Watts
11:00	Over, calling and landed in woods.

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