sunbeem - Irene
Great Tit
The Great Tit is a lovely bird and has distinctive markings, with a black head and neck, white cheeks, olive upper body and yellow lower body. The Great Tit nests in cavities and the female lays around 12 eggs, its the female that incubates the eggs but when the eggs hatch both parents feed the young birds and they usually have two broods a year. The nest can get raided by woodpeckers, squirrels etc and the nest is usually infested with fleas. These birds are very vocal and have up to 40 types of calls and songs, the songs are generally the same within the sexes but the male is much more vocal.
Great Tit
The Great Tit is a lovely bird and has distinctive markings, with a black head and neck, white cheeks, olive upper body and yellow lower body. The Great Tit nests in cavities and the female lays around 12 eggs, its the female that incubates the eggs but when the eggs hatch both parents feed the young birds and they usually have two broods a year. The nest can get raided by woodpeckers, squirrels etc and the nest is usually infested with fleas. These birds are very vocal and have up to 40 types of calls and songs, the songs are generally the same within the sexes but the male is much more vocal.