Species: Great Tit (Parus major)
Family: Tits (PARIDAE)
Category: Birds
Location: NW
A. Birds
More extensive information on birds can be found in a separate blog post.
B. Tits (PARIDAE)
Among our most familiar and gregarious garden birds, the tits are tiny, acrobatic omnivores with short legs and the sturdy bills that omnivores need.
C. Great Tit (Parus major)
The repetitive two note call of the male as it seeks a mate announces the presence of the Great Tit, the bully boy of the scramble to get the best spot on the garden feeders. They are successful omnivores, the prominent black belly stripe of the male being its most attractive feature to females. It is a resident breeder, and also a Winter visitor, whose 2.4 million pairs in 2016 indicate a conservation status of GREEN.
Images
Great Tit
This Great Tit is about to be released, having been ringed in Heene Cemetery on March 15th 2021. This was done by a registered bird ringer. (For more information about bird ringing, see https://www.bto.org/our-science/projects/ringing/about.)
