Bearded Tit (Panurus biarmicus)

brilliant work of art.

I realised I didn't reply to your question concerning the "northern" long-tailed tit, Mali. It looks indeed like a caudatus subspecies, but difficult to say whether it is 100% pure or some hybrid with europaeus. The white head looked a bit "washed", but the photo was taken in the morning and the bird's feathers looked wet from the morning dew which could explain this. For sure all the long-tailed tits I saw during these few days in southern Sweden definitely looked different from our usual europaeus ones.

Looks as if someone has been at the market. I hope some of those were on sale. Fabulous picture of this parent loaded down. Impressive Mali!

Delightful in so many ways - brilliant shot Mali!