How to welcome the Long-tailed Tit in Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Aegithalos caudatus · Aegithalidae
Seen in Manchester, England, United Kingdom
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Approximate coordinates: 53.481, -2.243.
About the Long-tailed Tit
The long-tailed tit or long-tailed bushtit is a common bird species belonging to the bushtit family found throughout Eurasia. An insectivore, it inhabits deciduous and mixed woodlands as well as scrub, heathland, farmland, parks and gardens. The plumage of this small long-tailed bird is predominantly black and white with varying amounts of pink and grey. Northern subspecies are paler and have completely white heads, lacking the large dark eyebrows of southern populations. It is a social bird that forms compact family flocks of six to seventeen individuals outside of the breeding season, when these flocks break up. It has a strong preference for nesting in scrub areas and often builds its nest in thorny bushes less than 3 metres above the ground.
Source: Wikipedia
Ecological traits of the Long-tailed Tit
- Preferred feeder food : fat balls.
Three ways to help
- Install a nest box — Free species-tailored construction plans and video tutorials.
- Install a feeder — Choose the feeder and seeds based on the bird's feeding habits.
- Grow a natural pantry — Native local plants that sustainably feed this bird and biodiversity.
Other birds observed in Manchester
- Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
- Eurasian Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
- Common Wood-Pigeon (Columba palumbus)
- Eurasian Scops-Owl (Otus scops)
- Little Owl (Athene noctua)
- Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)
Sources and credits
- Observation data: eBird (Cornell Lab of Ornithology, ebird.org)
- Source: Wikipedia