Gallery: Blue tits | |
These were one of the delights of my parents garden and perhaps the species which first switched me on to wildlife. Generally the commonest tit to be seen in the garden.
Pictures
| A blue tit (Parus caeruleus) deals easily with this half coconut shell adapted to make a peanut feeder. | Click to enlarge | |
| A good view of the yellow tinged plumage of a young blue tit (Parus caeruleus). | Click to enlarge | |
| Adult blue tit (Parus caeruleus) on feeder with sun-flower seeds during winter. | Click to enlarge | |
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A blue tit (Parus caeruleus) approaching a nestbox with a beak-full of nesting material.
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A nestling blue tit (Parus caeruleus) soon to leave the nestbox.
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This fledgling blue tit (Parus caeruleus) was photographed just minutes after leaving a garden nestbox.
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Inexperience and vulnerable: although they are approachable and relatively easy to photograph, its easy to see why many fledglings like this blue tit (Parus caeruleus) fall prey to cats and other predators.
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A fledgling blue tit (Parus caeruleus) solicits food from its parent (out of shot).
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An adult blue tit (Parus caeruleus) attending young at a nestbox.
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| A blue tit (Parus caeruleus) amongst the spring blossom of a pear tree. | Click to enlarge | |
| A blue tit (Parus caeruleus) eyes up some peanuts suspended above its head (out of shot). | Click to enlarge | |
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