Crossbill
David Attenborough presents the crossbill.
Tweet of the Day is a series of fascinating stories about our British birds inspired by their calls and songs.
David Attenborough presents the story of the Crossbill. Crossbills are large finches that specialise in eating conifer seeds. To break into the pine or larch cones, they've evolved powerful bills with crossed tips which help the birds prise off the woody scales of each cone. Crossbills breed very early in the year and incubating birds sometimes have snow on their backs.
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Common Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
Broadcasts
- Mon 6 Jan 2014 05:58Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Sun 12 Jan 2014 08:58Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 FM
- Fri 18 Mar 2016 05:58Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Tue 12 Jul 2016 05:58Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Fri 17 Mar 2017 05:58Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Tue 17 Jul 2018 05:58Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Sun 19 Jan 2020 08:58Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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