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A Blue Tit clinging upside-down to a garden feeder.
Tits
Blue Tit
A tiny, acrobatic bundle of blue and yellow. Blue tits are regular garden visitors, famously able to feed upside down on peanut feeders.
Cyanistes caeruleus
Gardens Woodland Hedgerows
Size
10-12 cm
Wingspan
18 cm
Weight
9-12 g
Lifespan
3 years
Diet
Caterpillars, insects and spiders in summer; seeds, nuts and suet in winter.
Song & Call
A high, trilling 'tsee-tsee-tsee' and various chattering notes.
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Speed
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Recording by Dan Stowell · CC BY-SA 3.0 · via Wikimedia Commons
How to identify
- Blue cap and wings
- Yellow belly
- Tiny black stripe through eye
Conservation
Least Concern
Common and widespread; breeding success depends on caterpillar availability.
