The Great Tit (Parus major) is a small passerine in the family Paridae. Members of this family are commonly referred to as "tits" throughout much of the English-speaking world, but North American species are called either "chickadees" or "titmice".
The Great Tit is widespread and common throughout Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia and east across the Palearctic to the Amur River, and south to parts of North Africa.
This species is generally found in any sort of woodland. It is also common in gardens, especially those with bird feeders. It was probably one of the first birds I leant to identify many, many years ago.
This bird was photographed at the RSPB reserve at Ham Wall in Somerset in the UK. British birds are known to have a wider dark line on the stomach than many other members of this species.
These pictures were taken in February this year, and I think you can see hints of early spring in some of the buds in the pictures.
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ReplyDeleteHandsome bird. He looks like a yellow chickadee.
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