- Wildlife
- Birds
- Tits, goldcrests and warblers
- Willow Tit
Karen Summers
About
This bird is strongly associated with wet woodland and willow carr growing in wetlands, bogs and around gravel pits. The willow tit is so similar to the marsh tit that it was not recognised as a separate species until 1900.
This species has a strong neck, giving it a bolshy apprearance, as it excavates its own nest-hole, which is unusual amongst the tit family. This species eats mostly insects but will also eat berries and seeds when food is scarce in the winter.
How to identify
This black, pale brown and white tit is easily be confused with the marsh tit but the willow tit has a pale panel on the wings and a dull balck cap. It has a distinctive nasal zee, zee, zee call which is often the most reliable way to I.D the bird.
Where to find it
Wet woodlands and willow carr
Habitats
When to find it
- January
How can people help
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