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− | [[Image:Marsh_Tit.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by IanF]] | + | [[Image:Marsh_Tit.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by IanF.<br/ >Photo taken: Low Barns, County Durham.]] |
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
− | + | Very similar to [[Willow Tit]]. Large shiny black cap , small black bib. grey brown upperparts, dull buff underneath. | |
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− | Very similar to Willow Tit. Large shiny black cap , small black bib. grey brown upperparts, dull buff underneath. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
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Prefers deciduous woodland. | Prefers deciduous woodland. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
− | Moss and grass cup in exising hole either in tree or wall. It easts mainly | + | Moss and grass cup in exising hole either in tree or wall. It easts mainly insects in summer, seeds and berries in autumn and winter. Will use feeders. Its voice is a most distinctive sneezing sound. |
==External Links== | ==External Links== |
Revision as of 20:56, 1 October 2007
- Poecile palustris
Identification
Very similar to Willow Tit. Large shiny black cap , small black bib. grey brown upperparts, dull buff underneath.
Distribution
Taxonomy
Habitat
Prefers deciduous woodland.
Behaviour
Moss and grass cup in exising hole either in tree or wall. It easts mainly insects in summer, seeds and berries in autumn and winter. Will use feeders. Its voice is a most distinctive sneezing sound.