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- noun Plural form of
goldcrest .
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Examples
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The findings indicate that sightings of goldcrests, the UK's smallest birds, doubled.
Birdwatch reveals breeding success of small garden birds after harsh winter 2011
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However, most of the birds badly affected by the cold are fairly plentiful in Britain and populations are likely to recover, though it may take several years for numbers of kingfishers and goldcrests to recover.
Environment news, comment and analysis from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk Robin McKie 2010
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Dr Tim Harrison, of BTO Garden BirdWatch, said goldcrests were not able to carry much in the way of food reserves and as a result were vulnerable to starvation.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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He said numbers were considerably lower this winter because of the cold weather and because fewer goldcrests came into the UK from other parts of Europe during the autumn.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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There are usually three to five million goldcrests wintering in the UK.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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Coal tit numbers fell by 20% and goldcrests by 75%, the charity's annual Big Garden Birdwatch found.
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Confirming fears that the species, which had been increasing in number because of the warmer winters of the past two decades, would suffer a serious reverse in the freeze, the BTO said the number of gardens in which goldcrests were spotted had fallen by almost half.
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The survey saw 530,000 people take part and their records showed the average number of birds per garden for already rare goldcrests were down 75% on January 2009, being seen in only about 5,300 gardens.
The Guardian World News Adam Vaughan 2010
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The number of small birds - including coal tits and goldcrests - spotted in gardens has fallen as a result of this winter's big freeze, the RSPB has said.
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Dr Tim Harrison, of BTO Garden BirdWatch, said goldcrests were not able to carry much in the way of food reserves and as a result were vulnerable to starvation.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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