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You searched for all sightings reported between 01/01/2016 and 31/12/2016.

Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
27/12/16	Common Crossbill	Crowthorne Wood	4	R Dawson

15/12/16	Common Crossbill	Bowdown Woods Nature Reserve	1	B Crathorne
14:00
04/12/16	Common Crossbill	Sheep Down (West Ilsley)	1	R Righelato
	At least one calling from pines.
15/11/16	Common Crossbill	Wishmoor Bottom, Swinley Forest	5	P Watts
08:30
08/11/16	Common Crossbill	Swinley Forest	14	M S Whitaker
08:20	majority male. Groups of 6 and 6 plus two singles all in same area along ride between Upper and Lower Star Posts. Birds feeding on cones in trees. S/W Carol Homa.
16/10/16	Common Crossbill	Caesar's Camp, Swinley Forest	1	P Scudamore
11:00	Small group calling few hundred metres south of Caesar's Camp, tried to see them but they went quiet.
26/05/16	Common Crossbill	Swinley Park	3	M S Whitaker
	1 pair. Pair seen and heard briefly in clearing near Blane's Allotment another calling in flight near Blacksmith's Hill.
20/05/16	Common Crossbill	Swinley Park	32	D Mackenzie
13:00	Very mobile and not always as one group but able to count them when they all took flight together as a Buzzard flew over.
03/05/16	Common Crossbill	Swinley Park	12	D Mackenzie
12:00	In conifers on the Heath- difficult to count but estimate a dozen birds- split between two trees.
20/04/16	Common Crossbill	Swinley Brickpits, Swinley Forest	1	M S Whitaker
09:00	fem. Perched in tree south end of open area. S/W Carol Homa. SU904669.
20/04/16	Common Crossbill	Buttersteep Hill, Swinley Forest	2	M S Whitaker
07:45	pair. Loosely associating in large open area. S/W Carol Homa.
17/04/16	Common Crossbill	Wishmoor Bottom, Swinley Forest	6	R J Godden
14:30
17/04/16	Common Crossbill	Buttersteep Hill, Swinley Forest	35	M S Whitaker
08:15	both sexes. Loose flock feeding on cones in trees beside track in large clearing, pretty confiding as one tree only 5 metres away and the cones were landing close to me. SU910660.
16/04/16	Common Crossbill	Wishmoor Bottom, Swinley Forest	32	N Rampton
09:00
12/04/16	Common Crossbill	Wishmoor Bottom, Swinley Forest	8	B T Bennett
08:00	2 male.
08/04/16	Common Crossbill	Crowthorne Wood	10	R Dawson
15:30	at least.
05/04/16	Common Crossbill	Crowthorne Wood	7	R Collins
09:20
31/03/16	Common Crossbill	Crowthorne Wood	27	M Hunt
14:27	Counted from photo. Birds very elusive.
27/03/16	Common Crossbill	Crowthorne Wood	19	S Day
09:40
24/03/16	Common Crossbill	Swinley Forest	1	R Righelato

20/03/16	Common Crossbill	Crowthorne Wood	15	J W O'Brien
	Please only view from the public footpath.
16/03/16	Common Crossbill	Crowthorne Wood	2	J C Morgan
12:30	1m & 1f.
14/03/16	Common Crossbill	Crowthorne Wood	2	C McEwan
14:30	1m 1f.
11/03/16	Common Crossbill	Crowthorne Wood	3	R C Watts
11:15
10/03/16	Common Crossbill	Crowthorne Wood	3	M Hunt
10:30	1m 2f.
08/03/16	Common Crossbill	Crowthorne Wood	7	R Marsh
10:45	3m. & 4f. On main east/west track, c300 metres west of Foresters Way. Seen with D Hampton.
06/03/16	Common Crossbill	Wishmoor Bottom, Swinley Forest	7	R Dawson
10:30	Flew from Berkshire side to top of hill just N of electricity lines on Surrey side. Excellent close views there and one even flew down to a puddle no more than 5 yards away.
21/02/16	Common Crossbill	Crowthorne Wood	4	R J Godden
13:50	A male and 2 females in trees at SU854650, then flew with another to trees just south of kebab van junction. SU854650.
12/02/16	Common Crossbill	Crowthorne Wood	2	R Dawson
10:30
20/01/16	Common Crossbill	Crowthorne Wood	14	P J Newbound
11:00
19/01/16	Common Crossbill	Hermitage	1	N Cleere
	Pheasant Hill Wood.
15/01/16	Common Crossbill	Swinley Forest	16	R Dawson
13:20	Crowthorne Wood. In and around tallest dead pine in NW corner. SU851652.