Firecrests in Britain

04 July 2017
Comments Main paper By Rob Clements, Marcus Ward and Russell Wynn Abstract A marked surge in the number of breeding Firecrests Regulus ignicapilla since 2000 is apparent in some parts of southern England. Intensive survey work in a large...
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Photospot. 24. Parrot Crossbill

01 January 1988
Comments Main paper A bird of the Northwest Palearctic, the Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus breeds regularly, but relatively sparsely, from Scandinavia eastwards to Northern Russia, and sporadically south to Poland and the German Democratic Republic. As a specialist fe...
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Parrot Crossbills in Britain

01 October 1985
Comments Main paper Following an exceptional influx of Parrot Crossbills Loxia pytyopsittacus into Britain in the autumn of 1982 (Brit. Birds 76: 46, plates 12, 13 & 220) and subsequent wintering records, we decided to summarise all known past records of this species ...
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