Blue Tit - Cyanistes Caeruleus
Smaller than the great tit, the blue tit is also a bird of woodland, parks and gardens. It nests in holes in trees, but is just as happy to use nestboxes. Blue tits are active feeders, hunting out insects and spiders among the smaller branches and leaves of trees in woodlands. But they are also well-adapted to gardens and towns and will visit birdtables and peanut feeders; they are even famed for breaking the tops of milk bottles and taking the creamy top off the milk. In winter, they will form flocks with other tits, roaming the countryside and visiting gardens in groups. Blue tits have a trilling, 'tsee-tsee-tsee' song.
How to identify
The blue tit is a colourful little bird with a blue cap, white cheeks, black eyestripes, a greeny-blue back, yellow belly, and blue wings and tail.
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Did you know?
Like most birds, blue tits can see ultra-violet (UV) light. Studies have shown that the blue crown on their heads glows brightly under UV light. The brightness of the feathers is thought to provide a variety of signals; for instance, male blue tits have been shown to choose females with brightly coloured crowns as they make fitter mothers.
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Blue Tit - Cyanistes Caeruleus
Smaller than the great tit, the blue tit is also a bird of woodland, parks and gardens. It nests in holes in trees, but is just as happy to use nestboxes. Blue tits are active feeders, hunting out insects and spiders among the smaller branches and leaves of trees in woodlands. But they are also well-adapted to gardens and towns and will visit birdtables and peanut feeders; they are even famed for breaking the tops of milk bottles and taking the creamy top off the milk. In winter, they will form flocks with other tits, roaming the countryside and visiting gardens in groups. Blue tits have a trilling, 'tsee-tsee-tsee' song.
How to identify
The blue tit is a colourful little bird with a blue cap, white cheeks, black eyestripes, a greeny-blue back, yellow belly, and blue wings and tail.
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Habitats
FarmlandWetlandsWoodlandTowns and gardens
Did you know?
Like most birds, blue tits can see ultra-violet (UV) light. Studies have shown that the blue crown on their heads glows brightly under UV light. The brightness of the feathers is thought to provide a variety of signals; for instance, male blue tits have been shown to choose females with brightly coloured crowns as they make fitter mothers.
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Blue Tit - Cyanistes Caeruleus
Tags: Tits Tit Avian Animal Animals Wildlife. Wetlands Woodlands Heathland Hedgerows Moorland Marshland Meadows Garden-Birds Parklands Song-Birds Countryside Nature NGC coth5 NPC Birds. Wildbirds Bluetit
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Blue Tit - Cyanistes Caeruleus
Tags: Tits Tit Avian Animal Wildlife. Woodlands Song-Birds Garden-Birds Parklands Farmland Forest Heathland Hedgerows Glades Countryside Nature coth5 NGC NPC Birds. Wildbirds Bluetit
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Blue Tit - Cyanistes Caeruleus
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Tags: Tits Tit Avian Wildlife. Woodlands Wetlands Song-Birds Countryside Nature Garden-Birds Birds. Wildbirds Bluetit
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