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Tits
Small birds with plain or colourful plumages, stout legs and strong feet and short, triangular bills. Several species have crests. In the UK, six species breed (plus one unrelated species of reedbeds); there are a few more in Europe and Asia, plus others in Africa and the Americas. They are social, often in mixed flocks, but territorial when nesting. They are among the most persistent and successful visitors to garden feeders. Members of this familyThis list only includes birds that occur regularly within the UK. A brown, long-tailed bird, usually seen flying rapidly across the top of a reedbed. Males have black 'moustaches' rather than 'beards'. They are sociable and noisy , their 'ping' calls often being the... |  |
The blue tit is one of the most attractive resident garden birds. |  |
This small tit will visit peanut and seed feeders. They take any excess food and store it for eating later. |  |
Although not as colourful as some other tits, its 'bridled' face pattern and the upstanding black and white crest make this a most distinctive species. Crested tits feed actively, clinging to trunks a... |  |
An aggressive birdtable visitor with a distinctive song. Find out more. |  |
Gregarious and noisy residents, long-tailed tits are most usually noticed in small, excitable flocks of about 20 birds. |  |
Not distinguished from the willow tit as a separate species until 1897, the marsh tit is smart, clean looking bird with a small, well defined black bib and glossy black cap. As with so many woodland b... |  |
Between blue and great tits in size, with no yellow, green or blue. It has a large sooty-black cap extending to the back of the neck and a small untidy black bib. It is mid-brown above, with whiter ch... |  |
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