A Goldcrest, one of the world's smallest birds, was photographed at about 3,200 metres in Nagling, Darma Valley, Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand. The sighting by Wings Foundation director Jagdish Bhatt has excited birdwatchers and prompted calls from forest officials for scientific studies and habitat conservation in high‑altitude coniferous forests that support rare Himalayan bird species.
