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Birds - Great Tit Page 4

Image Taken on 06 Dec 2011 at 13:05 Image of day on 12 Jan 2012

Greenfinches reappeared after a summer and autumn absence, and are really aggressive towards each other and any other creature that gets in their way. Here a Great Tit flees the wrath of the Greenfinch.

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Image Taken on 14 Mar 2008 at 13:39 Image of day on 05 Apr 2008

For 17 years here we have hardly seen a House sparrow (though Tree Sparrows breed freely). Suddenly a Great tit (hole size) nest box on the dead elm stump is being investigated by a male House sparrow. He can only just squeeze in and out, and other potential occupants were lurking. Here a Tree sparrow has just made a hesitant flight by the House sparrow at the hole.

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Image Taken on 03 May 2012 at 16:49 Image of day on 07 Jun 2012

Robin and Great Tit having a Gossip over tea - NOT.

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Image Taken on 23 Apr 2012 at 18:22 Image of day on 22 May 2012

Some sort of skirmish has left the Great Tit nearly upside down.

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Image Taken on 01 Feb 2012 at 14:03 Image of day on 06 Mar 2012

Robins rule the kitchen window perch ... if there isn't something bigger that wants access!

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Image Taken on 06 Jan 2008 at 15:42 Image of day on 06 Feb 2008

A Robin (nearer with red breast hidden) chases off a Great Tit with vivid yellow body normally hidden by the wings.

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Image of day on 14 Feb 2005

This robin must be almost stationary in the air to be this sharp with a 0.001 second flash. The Great Tit is about to get a surprise.

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Image Taken on 10 Dec 2009 at 15:21 Image of day on 09 Jan 2010

Looks to us like a robin is guarding his heap of food and this great tit is trying a 'pop-up' approach. The shadow of the great tit particularly appeals - note how the shadow of the body is black but the shadow of the wings is much lighter as the light shines through the wings.

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Image Taken on 13 Jan 2009 at 10:24 Image of day on 01 Feb 2009

That's MY log ...

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Image of day on 12 Jan 2006

From exactly this date last year at the main feeding site this single exposure contained 2 Robins, 2 Great Tits & a Blue Tit. All doing well again this year so far.

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Image Taken on 16 Nov 2011 at 11:33 Image of day on 28 Dec 2011

After a several months absence the Tree Sparrows have returned. First seen on a feeder they now seem to have commandeered this Great Tit box. We can see here that a Great Tit isn't pleased but didn't manage to shoo them away. At the moment the birds are only 'prospecting' and looking for winter shelter, but we often get 2 pairs breeding here in Great Tit nestboxes, sometimes including this one. They are rare birds (RSPB Red status) so especially welcome

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Image Taken on 13 Feb 2007 at 07:31 Image of day on 22 Feb 2007

A great tit is just out of the original frame at the top right and this yellowhammer is defending its patch.

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