Great tit (Parus major)

The largest UK tit - green and yellow with a striking glossy black head with white cheeks and a distinctive two-syllable song. It is a woodland bird which has readily adapted to man-made habitats to become a familiar garden visitor. It can be quite aggressive at a bird-table, fighting off smaller tits. In winter it joins with blue tits and others to form roaming flocks which scour gardens and countryside for food.

These birds were taken at the local wildlife reserve close by the winter feeding station. the set up is particularly photographer friendly with various cut outs in the fence panels to allow photos to be taken of the birds at the feeding stations. I preferred to move slightly away from this to capture the birds in a natural background devoid of bird feeders etc.