Later, in the day, I encountered Ireland’s smallest bird, the goldcrest, a male moving quickly between branches in a tall thorn hedge near home, releasing a high-pitched song, its bright yellow ...

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Also part of the collection are goldcrest eggs, believed to be the smallest laid by any British bird. Ms Machin, Leeds Museums and Galleries curator of natural sciences, said: "Across the animal ...