Paul_Gower
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I wonder if anyone can tell me how likely it is to see a Firecrest on Gower? This morning I had a brief view of a v. small bird with an orange crest running around in the foliage of an old apple tree. The tree is in an area of mixed deciduous copse, with ash, hazel, bramble, bracken, hawthorn, blackthorn, wild cherry etc., but there are no conifers or spruce around. I saw what I took to be a goldcrest a few weeks back, also among ash and hazel. But the books say g. crest prefers conifers while f.crest likes deciduous. Goldcrest is I gather much more common.
The bird was running around like a tree creepr, but there was enough leaf to make it tricky to get a good view of eye markings, which seems to be the diagnostic feature.
Any thoughts?
Paul
The bird was running around like a tree creepr, but there was enough leaf to make it tricky to get a good view of eye markings, which seems to be the diagnostic feature.
Any thoughts?
Paul