Great Tit Parus major (newtoni)
The Great Tit has a greeny-grey back, a pale yellow front, white cheeks, a black cap and a black bib.
It is a common bird in gardens and countryside, resident throughout the year.
The Great Tit is native to much of Europe, some of temperate Asia and part of North Africa.
The British subspecies is shown on this page.
Great Tit (left) and Blue Tit (right).
Not so "great": Ring-necked Parakeet and Great Tit.
Courtship feeding - the male feeds food to the female to indicate he will feed when nesting.
Larger than the Blue Tit, the Great Tit is also gregarious with its own kind and other birds, but can be pugnacious.
The male has a thick black line extending from bib almost to vent.
The female collects soft nest lining (a Bearded Tit?).
The female has a thinner black line and only as far as her belly.
She often has more muted colours.
They love peanuts.
This one has been ringed.
Empty larder.
They are gregarious birds, but less so than the Blue Tits.
This whole peanut, given only in winter, was stolen from a jay.
The fledglings have pale yellow cheeks.
Blue Tit fledgling (left) and Great Tit fledgling.
"Ow!"
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Confrontation with Blackcap
Redbeard and Whitetail
Vandalsing foxglove and more
Sasha's Crooked Mirror
Hand Feeding
Blue Tit
Coal Tit