A winter visitor to northern Portugal, the Goldcrest is one of the smallest birds in the Western Palearctic and also one of the most restless. It prefers pines and fir trees to deciduous and is normally at higher altitudes in this country.

Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)

Usually found from Lisbon northwards.

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Nowhere easy to find - or see when found! - Goldcrests seem never to stay still longer than two miliseconds in a row.

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