Firecrests are our smallest visitor after the Goldcrest. Less numerous than the goldcrest they are however more striking in appearance and colour. The upper body of the adult firecrest is olive to bright green with white underparts and a yellow bronze shoulder patch encompassing the side of the neck. The wings are dark and marked with two white wing bars across the top side with white tips to the inner flight feathers. The most distinctive markings occur on the head of the bird. A black cap is split down the middle by a bright orange (paler yellow in the female) stripe running from just above the nape towards the beak where it stops within the area of the black cap. Between the front of the cap and the beak, there is a whitish patch that extends backwards above the eye. This in turn is terminated by a black stripe running from the base of the bill across the eye to an area just behind it.