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Certhia familiaris
This little bird is about Robin sized and it was very busy darting from tree to tree, as its name suggests it creeps up the sides of them looking for insects and spiders. it landed on several trees and kept creeping round the back of them before I managed to capture it. Its a resident in Britain and breeds here too. It has a slightly downcurved beak to aid in its search for hidden insects, a mostly brown back and white chest.
Seen in woodlands with a majority of Oak and Ash trees.
Spotted on Apr 9, 2013
Submitted on Apr 9, 2013
5 Comments
Thank you bee jacbs, they are indeed a joy to see creeping up and around trees :-) I'm glad you enjoyed the spotting.
Always a joy to see. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Malcolm and Leuba, I just happened to see it as it made a low short flight in between trees doing its usual corkscrew 'creeping' from the base to higher parts of the tree!
very fluffy and cute -That's interesting to hear about nests in behind bark cracks !
That is actually their normal stance on trees and they always run upwards, then fly down to the next tree to start a few cms from the ground. Although they do sometimes search on Oaks they often visit much thinner trees, though with lots of cracks and crevices in the bark for hiding insects. Sometimes they will build their nests behind cracks in the bark.