Crossbills taking a morning drink

The Crossbills in one of the local parks came down for a drink, albeit briefly................

It hasn't been much of a Crossbill year, this is the only place I've seen them so far............

 Apart from the brief crossbill flurry nothing much else was going on. Hawfinch, Bullfinch and Brambling were around but well out of camera range. The usual common park residents were as common as ever...........