One of our commonest and widespread resident
tits. Nesting in nest boxes and holes in walls or trees it can be found
anywhere there are trees. A common visitor to the garden and to the
bird table where it will take a wide variety of foods.. Will also show
off its acrobatic skills at the bird feeder. Can be aggressive to smaller
tits and in some areas can be very bold. I have had them readily come
to within 5 feet and in some areas they will feed from the hand. Its
repetitve two tone mating call, I think is one of the first harbingers
of spring. A very colourful bird with the male being brighter coloured
and having a broader stripe down his chest. |