Long-tailed Tit

Description:

The Long-tailed Tit is an adorable, small, fluffy pinkish bird. The shoulders and underparts are pinkish. The head has a white crown with black marks above the eyes and into the nape. They have red eye rings and a very small black bill. The black and white tail is very long, over half the length of the bird and the longest tail of any British bird in proportion to its body. The legs are black-brown. Juveniles lack pink and have grey-black cheeks. Long-tailed tits are not really members of the Tit family but of the Aegithalidae family.

Habitat:

he Long-tailed Tits usually fly around in flocks of up to twenty or so, and they are twittering continually to one another. When they are in the trees, they can be seen busily flitting from branch to branch looking for insects. Long-tailed tits are very acrobatic and will hang upside-down from the end of branches, etc. Mostly, a large flock is seen among the taller trees, with just a few birds venturing in to our garden. On occasion a couple of birds have visited the bird seed feeder.