Great Tit
Parus major 11 May 2004
Recognition: Small, plump, thick-necked, stumpy-billed birds. Glossy blue-black crown and nape. Broad black band down the centre of a sulphur-yellow underpart. Mantle is yellowish-green.
Size: 5 1/2 inches
Population and distribution: Distributed throughout British Isles.
Habitat: Woods and copses - usually deciduous or mixed, and gardens, orchards, hedgerows, thickets.
Habits: Short flights and hops on ground.
Feeding: Insects, spiders, small molluscs, earthwoms; also fruit, peas, seeds and buds.
Nesting: In holes of trees or walls. Lays 5-11 eggs in late April, early May. Incubation for 13-14 days.
Calls: Most varied of all tits. Fuller and louder, with metallic quality. Ringing Chaffinch-like 'tink, tink, tink', quick and rising 'tui, tui, tui', thin 'tsee, tsee, tsee'. Song: strongly metallic 'teechu-teechu-teechu'.
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