Goldcrest??

Question

Seen today at RSPB Lochwinnoch. I thought it was a warbler of some sort, but on blowing up the pics i'm leaning towards a Goldcrest (female?). In one of the pics you can see a couple of specs of yellow there, but not a full stripe, so i'm not entirely convinced.

Ben C · Answer

The only similar bird to a goldcrest in the UK is the firecrest but they never touch Scotland so we can rule that one out straight away! It looks very like a juvenile goldcrest scince the eye looks bigger due to darker plumage and the beak looks like it has a red tinge.