The long-tailed tit is such a pretty little bird, I love it every time when I see them.
This species is one of our all-time favourites too and we are lucky enough to have them visit our garden and feeders quite regularly.
We have allowed an old Hawthorn hedge to grow into a row of trees now and the branches now reach out fairly close to the window of the upstairs room that is our main room. Yesterday me and Troubadoris took a break from from tasks to look from the window of the room down at our two ponds but what caught our attention was a single Long-tail that landed on the tips of the branch close to the window. We have seen this species hundreds of times but every new time we see it we just can't help but fall for it all over again.
Last year we had what must have been a family group on one of our feeders: there were 8 of them and how none of them got face-swiped by another's tail was a miracle but they get plenty of practice in their nest which has a closed top! How do they manage all those tails inside an enclosed space like that?
Beautiful birds.
Lee