Crossbill

(Loxia curvirostra)

Alert Status: Green - 7% decline
Identifying Features: Male: dull red body. Female: dull green-yellow in colour
Average Length: 16.5 cm
Average Lifespan: 2 years
Average Wingspan: 27 – 30 cm
Beak type: Seeds

Feeding:
Natural: Conifer seeds, other seeds, berries & invertebrates
How to feed: Unlikely to take supplementary food due to their specialist diet
What to feed:  Offer water pools for them to drink from
Nesting: High in conifer trees, made from conifer twigs, moss, lichen & grass.
 

Where to see: Most of UK except central and south west UK; conifer woodlands, regular visitors to pools to drink.