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Birds - Bluetit Page 4

Image Taken on 02 Jul 2009 at 12:35 Image of day on 09 Aug 2009

There are load of young birds about. Here a couple of young bluetits are looking for lunch (it was 12:30) near the displaced thrush anvil stone.

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Image Taken on 22 Aug 2010 at 19:12 Image of day on 09 Oct 2010

This is a montage of two images about 1 minute apart each with a really young bluetit (2 images at the left) accompanied by an adult (2 images on the right) all in their original positions. Both bluetits and Great tits have 'second brooded' this year.

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Image Taken on 03 Dec 2011 at 15:51 Image of day on 09 Jan 2012

Many small birds chase away members of their own or other species to get access to food. Here a Chaffinch is chasing off a Bluetit.

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Image Taken on 03 Oct 2007 at 17:31 Image of day on 04 Nov 2007

Its months since we included any Tits (even though they are regulars) but this '2 in 1' opportunity can't be passed up.

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Image Taken on 15 Dec 2010 at 08:46 Image of day on 05 Feb 2011

Huge activity at the feeders in cold weather gave us this chance moment of an unusually clear great tit flying over a Bluetit.

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Image Taken on 21 Oct 2011 at 17:15 Image of day on 07 Dec 2011

Down in the hedge bottom a Great Tit shows off it's wings with lovely symmetry. The bluetit watches.

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Image Taken on 06 Jul 2011 at 06:29 Image of day on 14 Aug 2011

This montage is from successive frames about 1 minute apart - a nice opportunity to show the yellow face mask of the two most common Tits here - Great Tit on the left and Bluetit on the right. Even losing one box to Bumble bees after it's use for nesting, we seem to have a fantastic 'crop' of tits - they must have had multiple broods this year.

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Image Taken on 27 Oct 2007 at 16:25 Image of day on 30 Nov 2007

We would love to run a 'what happened next' competition, but we have no idea what did happen.

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Image Taken on 18 Dec 2011 at 09:00 Image of day on 21 Jan 2012

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Image Taken on 16 Nov 2011 at 15:47 Image of day on 26 Dec 2011

Perhaps 30 minutes after putting out the bait at this site, the majority was gone and this robin seems determined that his beak was going to be the last to get the easy food.

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Image Taken on 07 Apr 2010 at 08:32 Image of day on 16 May 2010

Not much doubt who won this encounter!

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Image Taken on 30 Jan 2012 at 16:35 Image of day on 05 Mar 2012

This montage of images separated by 15 minutes (but at exactly the same scale) makes an unusual contrast. Grey Squirrels are bigger than you think, and Bluetits are smaller.

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