The bird showed up at about 0910 hours this morning and then remained in the area for about an hour, showing well. Undoubtedly large-billed, it still seems to have too much profile in the forehead. Whether an aberrant Common Crossbill, a Scottish Parrot Crossbill or vagrant Eastern Crossbill or Scandinavian Parrot Crossbill is still indetermined and I still look forward to sound recordings of its call. More of Simon West's excellent images can be found at his Flikr site at www.flickr.com/photos/sinlw
