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Message: <blockquote data-quote="clayts" data-source="post: 1339642" data-attributes="member: 67119">Long-tailed tits certainly are the most cheer-inspiring birds to have around, so I hope you get some in - they arrive in a flock (our flock is about 8 or so long-tails at present), usually accompanied by a host of blueys, greats and my maruading pair of coalies, and set about hyperactively demolishing anything in their path - suet blocks and peanuts are suddenly swamped by balls of fluff with long tails, emitting their cheery whistles as they munch away - they are so incredibly busy, it's hard to keep an eye on all of them. The cutest bird by far in my garden.And then two minutes later, gone.... and all falls silent aside from my regular incoming and outgoing 'peeps' from my coal tits, continuing with their smash and grabs of sunflower seeds....</blockquote>