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Image of day on 05 Feb 2005

At the log feeding station here are two great tits (bottom left) and two Blue tits stuffing themselves with apple.


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Image Taken on 02 Dec 2010 at 08:35    Image of day on 27 Jan 2011

15 minutes later the jackdaws have gone and smaller birds have arrived for THEIR breakfast (4 species in genuine single frame).


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Image Taken on 08 Jan 2011 at 15:35    Image of day on 04 Mar 2011

A nice little montage of visitors to the hedge bottom over 20 minutes. The Tree Sparrow (2nd from left) has a leg ring off which we could read a couple of digits - if we find out more we will add it here.


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Image Taken on 18 Jan 2008 at 15:32    Image of day on 16 Feb 2008

Within 30 minutes our two most common Tits obliged with similar poses, and we couldn't resist montaging them together to make this fun composition.


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Image Taken on 24 Jul 2010 at 10:32    Image of day on 28 Aug 2010

Apparently Great tits and Bluetits occasionally produce a second brood.. Maybe all the peanut feeders & other food offerings we provide speed up raising the first brood, because we are seeing multiple batches of new young tits at the kitchen window feeders, and here 50m away at the tree stump they photograph themselves. This is a montage of a young Bluetit and young Great Tit photographed about an hour apart but in their actual positions.


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Image Taken on 28 Jul 2010 at 10:02    Image of day on 04 Sep 2010

Genuine single frame (the bluetit at the left selectively sharpened) of a couple of the new inhabitants of our patch. Tits sometimes produce second or late broods - this year both Bluetits and Great tit have done just that.


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Image Taken on 28 Oct 2010 at 16:46    Image of day on 22 Dec 2010

Successive frames about 1 minute apart indicate an extended dispute between this female chaffinch and a great tit.


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Image Taken on 09 Jan 2012 at 13:35    Image of day on 03 Feb 2012

Repeated harassing of one bird by another is quite common. Here successive frames suggested this little montage of a Great Tit and Chaffinch disputing access to the peanut feeder, top then bottom 5 minutes apart.


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Image Taken on 13 Dec 2011 at 15:22    Image of day on 13 Jan 2012

During a short snow shower (try saying that a few times!) the camera caught this moment as this bad tempered chaffinch male told the Great Tit it "wasn't welcome".


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Image Taken on 10 Oct 2007 at 17:33    Image of day on 11 Nov 2007

A small scale dogfight by human standards, but it must be a pretty major scrap for these birds.


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Image Taken on 30 Jul 2010 at 08:40    Image of day on 15 Sep 2010

We delight at these delicate youngsters - the first one a young great tit.


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Image Taken on 19 Jun 2010 at 20:02    Image of day on 01 Aug 2010

A juvenile Great Tit out of the nest for a week or two now looks so sweet.


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Image Taken on 15 Nov 2009 at 15:23    Image of day on 24 Dec 2009

A portrait of a great tit hanging from the top of the tree stump with unusually clear view of the claws.


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Image Taken on 19 Oct 2009 at 15:23    Image of day on 26 Nov 2009

13 minutes later a Great tit gazes upwards from the same place.


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Image Taken on 10 Dec 2008 at 14:52    Image of day on 29 Dec 2008

We haven't shown you a Great Tit for 6 months, and this one put in a nice appearance.


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Image Taken on 23 Jun 2007 at 18:55    Image of day on 11 Jul 2007

Adult Great tit takes classic pose for portrait.


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Image Taken on 05 Apr 2007 at 18:02    Image of day on 20 Apr 2007

A slightly cheeky looking Great Tit.


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Image Taken on 28 Mar 2007 at 19:28    Image of day on 13 Apr 2007

Classic style portrait of a Great Tit.


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Image Taken on 05 Feb 2007 at 15:47    Image of day on 19 Feb 2007

The Great tits are now regularly visitors.


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Image Taken on 28 Jan 2007 at 14:55    Image of day on 04 Feb 2007

Dynamic shot of a great tit.


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