How to welcome the Marsh Tit in your garden
Poecile palustris · Paridae
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About the Marsh Tit
The marsh tit is a Eurasian passerine bird in the tit family Paridae and genus Poecile, closely related to the willow tit, Père David's and Songar tits. It is a small bird, around 12 cm (4.7 in) long and weighing 12 g (0.42 oz), with a black crown and nape, pale cheeks, brown back and greyish-brown wings and tail. Between 8 and 11 subspecies are recognised. Its close resemblance to the willow tit can cause identification problems, especially in the United Kingdom where the local subspecies of the two are very similar; they were not recognised as separate species until 1897.
Source: Wikipedia
Ecological traits of the Marsh Tit
- Nesting : small-cavity nester.
- Preferred feeder food : seed feeder, fat balls.
Matching nest box plan
For the Marsh Tit, the reference plan from nichoirs.net is:
Recommended internal dimensions: 100 × 200 × 100 mm (width × height × depth).
Entrance hole diameter: 25-27 mm.
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.
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Sources and credits
- Observation data: eBird (Cornell Lab of Ornithology, ebird.org)
- Source: Wikipedia
- Plans and dimensions: nichoirs.net