#birdoftheday #birdsupermodel #firecrest at Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory, Kent

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A goldcrest weighs about the same as a 20p coin, yet lays up to 12 eggs that together outweigh her. They sit in two layers and she warms the lower ones with her bare, hot legs.

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