Birds to look for in May — Great Tit

Photo credit: Duerden Cormack

Where to look

Great tits can be found in gardens, woods and parks throughout Britain except the far north of Scotland.

Description

The great tit (Parus major) is the largest member of the tit family and can be

told apart from other tits by its black head and black stripe down its front (males with the widest stripes tend to be more successful with females!). The only way of telling the difference between a male and female is that the black stripe is wider and more strongly developed in males. The male has a double-note song which sounds like he’s repeating ‘tea-cher’ or ‘see-saw’. In English folklore the great tit’s seesawing call is meant to a forecast rain. They eat Insects, seeds and nuts.

Tweet of the Day

To hear the Great tit’s song follow the link below to the BBC’s Tweet of the Day

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03mztpd

Spottings

Tamsin

Mr Lee

“On a dog walk”

Mrs Dalgleish-Smith

“In my garden”

Pops

“Great Tit pair seen in front of our house stealing wadding from the flower baskets for nesting.”

tamsin

“This Great Tit was so well hidden that I only found it by following its call!”

ella

Where we've found Great Tits

Great Tit spottings journal (11 seen)

Last seen	Location	Spotted by	Group	Notes
5 Apr 2024			Stroud Valleys Project
28 Apr 2023			Stroud Valleys Project
1 Jun 2022	Stroud		Stroud Valleys Project
7 Jul 2021	Stroud	Tamsin	Stroud Valleys Project
27 May 2020			Stroud Valley Community School
19 May 2020	Frith Wood	Mr Lee	Wales Class	On a dog walk
7 May 2020	our garden bird feeder		Gabb
6 May 2020	My garden	Mrs Dalgleish-Smith	Ireland Class	In my garden
5 May 2020	SN10 2ES	Pops	Cooks&Co	Great Tit pair seen in front of our house stealing wadding from the flower baskets for nesting.
13 Apr 2020	Cashes Green	tamsin	Stroud Valleys Project	This Great Tit was so well hidden that I only found it by following its call!
27 Mar 2020	gadun	ella	The Weaver's

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