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Blue Tit
Name: Blue Tit
Scientific name: Parus caeruleus
Category: Birds
Nature Stars: 10
About: A small tit, about 11cm long. Blue Tits are birds of woodland, parks and gardens where they nest in holes in trees: tits are especially happy to use nest boxes. Tits are active feeders, hunting out insects and spiders amongst the smaller branches of trees
How to identify: Unmistakeable
Where: Widespread
Natural Superpowers
- Predator: 40
- Agility: 80
- Rarity: 10
- Cute factor: 70
- Traveller: 30
Fantastic fact: Blue Tits that live in the Canary Islands and north Africa are now recognised as two different species: the Canary Islands Blue Tit and the Ultramarine Tit.
Photograph credit: Photo credit tbc
comments
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- Date: 2011-08-16 21:39:55
- Martinudes
Report abusehey we had one of these in our bird box. i made one at summer hill before during the summer hols in 2009
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ive seen these everywere and its really fun just to watch them
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i think blue tits deserve a 100 on the cute factor, there so CUTE! from Hippo Man widgenona
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Blue tits are really cool, they are probably the most common birds that come on my feeders!!
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We get about a 100 blue tits a year in my garden.
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Blue tits are my favourite type of birds they are consistantly coming to our feeders! Also did you know a blue tit weighs the same amount to a cookie!
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We hung some bird feeders on our acer tree, and now we have loads of blue tits coming to our garden! There was a tiny baby one there a few days ago calling for its parents. I think it was just a fledgeling!
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I see Blue tits all the time in my back garden they are so small!
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We have long tailed tits aswell.
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Don't worry now I seem to get Blue Tits in my garden all the tim now!!! YIPEEE!!!!!!
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