Goldcrest
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Regulus regulus
Very common residents with 770,000 breeding pairs in Britain plus 720,000 birds in Ireland.
Also breeds in mainland Europe.
Mainly resident birds.
The sexes are alike, although in fresh plumage, the Female may have very slightly paler upper-parts and greyer underparts than the Adult Male.
Juveniles are similar to the Adults, but has duller upper-parts and lacks the coloured crown.
The flight is distinctive; it consists of whirring wing-beats with occasional sudden changes of direction.
The song is a very high, thin double note cedar, repeated 5–7 times and ending in a flourish, cedarcedar-cedar-cedar-cedar-stichi-see-pee.