willow tit

If I hadn't heard a Willow Tit call just before this bird appeared I'd be very tempted to say this is a Marsh Tit, especially as both are now resident on the reserve. Or were there 2 birds?

Willow tit just out of the bath!

well folks this little bird just would'nt stay still for a second,allways flitting between feeder and foilage,just managed a quick capture and he was gone,hope you like john.

Good to see these again, there were four of them buzzing around the feeding site yesterday.

Another Willow Tit

A little willow Tit - seemingly pleased with himself

Willow Tit

There doesn't seem to be much about at the moment - so went back to Pennington yesterday and met up with Psilo - who is off line at the moment due to broadband problems!! Anyway we caught the usual Willow Tit and here is one of the portraits!!

I was charmed by the Willows in the Vndtberget sanctuary in north ngermanland. VERY few visitors in this remote forest, and it appeared the birds had put me in the same cathegory as other large animals like moose, that are no danger to small birds. They came as close as one meter in search for...

Taken from New Hide at Pennington Flash earlier in the week

Another Willow Tit from Thursday

There are two of these quite active around the garden at the moment. They seldom stay still for very long, unless they are on a feeder collecting sunflowers.

Well, I assume it's a willow tit - could be a marsh tit, with the current climate! Either way, it was a most welcome visitor to my back garden this week.

Another image from Monday.I'd been at the site for 7 hours before this guy turned up,but i did manage a few decent shots before i left.

These are maybe the toughest birds I have encountered. Watched them in the forest when suddenly a Sparrow Hawk attacked from nowhere with the speed of ligtning. How they managed to escape into the nearest small spruce is a mystery to me. Saw them peek out from the tree, and after a minute or two...

This lovely chap was very interested in the foil tray of nuts and seeds i had placed under this perch.