Shire Oak COMMON CROSSBILLS

Park in layby at Shire Oak and walk up public footpath towards the golf course. After a few minutes you come to a junction with tees on either side, at that junction there's a sign for 10th tee and just further a large mound of mud and sand, behind this is a big puddle where the birds were drinking and they were also seen in several deciduous trees around the area. Large flock split into two flocks of about a dozen birds. Seen at 14:30 today (Mick and Chris Shepherd)