How To Use Goldcrest In A Sentence
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The weather was perfect and many species of birds were spotted, including Ireland's smallest bird, the goldcrest, which was lured out of hiding by the playing of a tape of its song.
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I finished down an arched spine of a ridge, village in view, and sloe tree scrub and birch, menacing fly agaric funghi, and a flashing flock of goldcrests.
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Tiny vivid goldcrests flurried about thistles, the cool descended, and I took the direct descent to the valley floor.
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Waterbirds such as the kingfisher suffered very high mortality rates when rivers and streams froze over, while small insect-eating species such as the treecreeper, goldcrest, wren and long-tailed tit died because of widespread "glazed frosts", a layer of ice over the branches of trees which covered up their food supply.
Weatherwatch: 'War winter' took it's toll on Britain's birds
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In fact well over a hundred species have been recorded in this country, ranging in size from goldcrest to grey heron and including geese.
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Compared with the far more familiar goldcrest, this firecrest displayed considerably more striking plumage characteristics.
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A birdwatcher said he'd seen two yellow-browed warblers, and that they only come this time of the year on the easterlies from Siberia, rare visitors, they look like goldcrests.
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The yellowish-green goldcrest is very beautiful with its brilliant gold or yellow topknot, but the firecrest is even more attractive.
Times, Sunday Times
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Successful woodland species in the region, include chiffchaffs, great spotted woodpeckers and goldcrests.
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Others contributing to the soundtrack include the goldcrest, blackbird, thrush, chiffchaff, wren, mallard, coot and even the garden bully, the wood pigeon.
Beat winter blues with birdsong, National Trust urges
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Tiny vivid goldcrests flurried about thistles, the cool descended, and I took the direct descent to the valley floor.
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Goldcrests are such tiny birds that they need to feed continuously during freezing weather.
Times, Sunday Times
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It is even more exciting when you realise that the 'goldcrest' you have been watching is actually a firecrest.
Times, Sunday Times
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If you have never heard the lilting song of the linnet, spotted the distinctive plumage of a goldcrest, or waited for the whirring wings of a grey partridge, it is increasingly unlikely that you ever will.
Europe's farmland birds on decline
