Favourite tit

[Boof]

As suggested in the Terrace, I've created a poll to find JKB's favourite tit.

 

BLUE TIT

 

COAL TIT

 

CRESTED TIT

 

GREAT TIT

 

LONG-TAILED TIT

 

MARSH TIT

 

WILLOW TIT

 

ST JOHNSTONE

[Lovecraft]

Great tit.

 

I get loads in the back garden.  Lovely little bird.

 

Blue tits are cool too.  Brave little buggers.

 

 

[Dawnrazor]

Long Tailed or Bearded.

[Gone]

The left one

[Boof]

16 minutes ago, Dawnrazor said:

Long Tailed or Bearded.

 

Every day's a school day, eh? I was hoping I hadn't missed one (bearded) so had a quick Google and it seems, although it sometimes gets called a bearded tit, it's actually a bearded reedling and not related to the tit family.

 

And if anyone chooses Marsh as their favourite...Kym is NOT included  

[Lemongrab]

You could have had a picture of TW for the St Johnstone one.

[The Real Maroonblood]

Disappointed when I opened this thread.

[Irufushi]

All lovely looking tits but I went with the blue tit .

[Nucky Thompson]

26 minutes ago, The Real Maroonblood said:

Disappointed when I opened this thread.

This.

I've no interest in the feathered variety 

[Salad Fingers]

Obviously the wee Bluey. See one almost daily in the tree outside our window.

 

Makes a nice change to pigeons in the roof space and seagulls dive bombing you in the street. Arseholes. 

[The Real Maroonblood]

18 minutes ago, Nucky Thompson said:

This.

I've no interest in the feathered variety 

👍

[Jambo-Jimbo]

The winner (loser) will be the one that aussie's new cat eats first. 

[NANOJAMBO]

1 hour ago, The Real Maroonblood said:

Disappointed when I opened this thread.

I'll give it 24 hours. 

[Cade]

A sunday afternoon tom tit.

[Der Kaiser]

Robins over tits....

[Locky]

1 hour ago, Jeff said:

The left one

Who's left?

[Morgan]

1 hour ago, The Real Maroonblood said:

Disappointed when I opened this thread.

Tit.  

 

 

[Morgan]

1 minute ago, Locky said:

Who's left?

Yours.

[The Real Maroonblood]

10 minutes ago, Morgan said:

Tit.  

 

 

Memories of a certain dentist.

[Locky]

10 minutes ago, Morgan said:

Yours.

It's probably the one with the least peripheral hair.

[Morgan]

1 minute ago, The Real Maroonblood said:

Memories of a certain dentist.

It was just about in your eye, wasn’t it?

 

Och, Hazel, just take all my teeth out.  Slowly.

[The Real Maroonblood]

1 minute ago, Morgan said:

It was just about in your eye, wasn’t it?

 

Och, Hazel, just take all my teeth out.  Slowly.

[Morgan]

3 minutes ago, Locky said:

It's probably the one with the least peripheral hair.

Anyway.

 

Mars?

[Locky]

1 minute ago, Morgan said:

Anyway.

 

Mars?

Plastic.

[Morgan]

2 minutes ago, Locky said:

Plastic.

Righto.

 

 

[ri Alban]

6 hours ago, Jambo-Jimbo said:

The winner (loser) will be the one that aussie's new cat eats first. 

Don't worry, there's a bell going on her collar. 

[Harry Potter]

12 hours ago, Boof said:

 

Every day's a school day, eh? I was hoping I hadn't missed one (bearded) so had a quick Google and it seems, although it sometimes gets called a bearded tit, it's actually a bearded reedling and not related to the tit family.

 

And if anyone chooses Marsh as their favourite...Kym is NOT included  

Great pictures Boof.

[Boof]

1 hour ago, Harry Potter said:

Great pictures Boof.

 

They are, but I can't take credit for them - found all the pics here https://www.countryfile.com/wildlife/how-to-identify/birds-guide-to-britains-tit-species/

 

Hopefully they've credited the photographers.

[Harry Potter]

1 minute ago, Boof said:

 

They are, but I can't take credit for them - found all the pics here https://www.countryfile.com/wildlife/how-to-identify/birds-guide-to-britains-tit-species/

 

Hopefully they've credited the photographers.

Credit for finding them bud.

[Lemongrab]

12 hours ago, Der Kaiser said:

Robins over tits....

...or the Robin RedBREAST, to give it its sunday name.

[Stuart Lyon]

This wee bird flew into our house a few weeks ago. I walked up to it and it let me lift it up and place it on the outside window sill where it sat for a few minutes before flying away to a nearby cherry tree.

[jonesy]

Love seeing a pair of tits, especially if there’s a well-trimmed bush nearby. 

[highlandjambo3]

17 hours ago, Jeff said:

The left one

Haha...didn’t take long in the thread....

that’s exactly what I was going to say, just had a quick scan to see if anyone else had posted, deep down I knew someone had

[Lemongrab]

4 hours ago, Stuart Lyon said:

This wee bird flew into our house a few weeks ago. I walked up to it and it let me lift it up and place it on the outside window sill where it sat for a few minutes before flying away to a nearby cherry tree.

Is that it ready to fly away?  If so, check your house, it might have left a leg behind.

[Hector Riva]

Tits out in Torrremolinos. Brave wee buggersrs 

Edited July 12 by Hector Riva

[scottishguy]

Love these wee characters. Get all of them in my garden apart from the crested

[Salad Fingers]

5 hours ago, jonesy said:

Love seeing a pair of tits, especially if there’s a well-trimmed bush nearby. 

 

Lockdown has seen a rise in out out of control bushes, the likes of which we haven't seen since the 1970s. 

[Dawnrazor]

1 minute ago, Salad Fingers said:

 

Lockdown has seen a rise in out out of control bushes, the likes of which we haven't seen since the 1970s. 

[jonesy]

8 minutes ago, Salad Fingers said:

 

Lockdown has seen a rise in out out of control bushes, the likes of which we haven't seen since the 1970s. 

Your research is appreciated. Any photographic evidence?

[Stuart Lyon]

3 hours ago, Lemongrab said:

Is that it ready to fly away?  If so, check your house, it might have left a leg behind.

No it had 2 legs on take off!

[Jamhammer]

Sorry to take the thread in a weird direction but I have some coal tits in the back garden. They have quite a distinctive song and I tracked it down via the RSPB website.

 

When my Mum passed away I went home to Wales and, when at my sisters in Snowdonia before the funeral I went into her back garden and was a bit upset. Cue a coal tit singing in the distance.

 

A few days later I visited the meadow behind the crematorium where her ashes were going to be scattered, I sat on a bench there and broke my heart. Cue a coal tit singing nearby

 

My Mum was a miners daughter.

 

Many cultures believe relatives, in the shape of birds visit the bereaved.

 

I dunno but it certainly helped me out when I was a bit lost.

 

Anyway, back to the tits and bushes jokes

Edited July 12 by Jamhammer

[Dawnrazor]

Just now, Jamhammer said:

Sorry to take the thread in a weird direction but I have some coal tits in the back garden. They have quite a distinctive son and I tracked it down via the RSPB website.

When my Mum passed away I went home to Wales and, when at my sisters in Snowdonia before the funeral I went into her back garden and was a bit upset. Cue a coal tit singing in the distance.

A few days later I visited the meadow behind the crematorium where her ashes were going to be scattered, I sat on a bench there and broke my heart. Cue a coal tit singing nearby

My Mum was a miners daughter.

 

Many cultures believe relatives, in the shape of birds visit the bereaved.

 

I dunno but it certainly helped me out when I was a bit lost.

 

Anyway, back to the tits and bushes jokes

I understand completely what you're saying, bird song can be so evocative, it's the first Curlew that gets me but all the upland birds and their songs keep me going sometimes.

[Jamhammer]

6 minutes ago, Dawnrazor said:

I understand completely what you're saying, bird song can be so evocative, it's the first Curlew that gets me but all the upland birds and their songs keep me going sometimes.

I came out of work the other day and there was a blackbird singing it's heart out over the road. I actually sat in the car with the window down listening to it for a bit. Beautiful

[Auld Reekin']

A lovely pair of boobies...

 

 

 

Other than the above, my favourite tit is a finch:

 

 

 

[hmfcbilly]

Never voted but I like great tits and see thats an option

[Craig_]

I've always liked a shag on the rocks. 

 

[Boof]

1 hour ago, Jamhammer said:

Sorry to take the thread in a weird direction but I have some coal tits in the back garden. They have quite a distinctive song and I tracked it down via the RSPB website.

 

When my Mum passed away I went home to Wales and, when at my sisters in Snowdonia before the funeral I went into her back garden and was a bit upset. Cue a coal tit singing in the distance.

 

A few days later I visited the meadow behind the crematorium where her ashes were going to be scattered, I sat on a bench there and broke my heart. Cue a coal tit singing nearby

 

My Mum was a miners daughter.

 

Many cultures believe relatives, in the shape of birds visit the bereaved.

 

I dunno but it certainly helped me out when I was a bit lost.

 

Anyway, back to the tits and bushes jokes

 

Nice. Thanks for sharing...not weird at all.

 

Arctic tern is my signpost of impending summer.

[jonnothejambo]

22 hours ago, Der Kaiser said:

Robins over tits....

 

Yep. We have had three nests in our ivy hedge this year and it was fascinating to watch the parents feeding the chicks from afar. Probably the same birds as they are very territorial.

 

Beautiful wee industrious birds. 

 

If we were sitting in the garden the parents would sit on our fence just a few feet away from us before heading into the nest at the other side of the garden.

 

Almost like they trusted us. 

Edited July 12 by jonnothejambo

[jonesy]

1 hour ago, Jamhammer said:

Sorry to take the thread in a weird direction but I have some coal tits in the back garden. They have quite a distinctive song and I tracked it down via the RSPB website.

 

When my Mum passed away I went home to Wales and, when at my sisters in Snowdonia before the funeral I went into her back garden and was a bit upset. Cue a coal tit singing in the distance.

 

A few days later I visited the meadow behind the crematorium where her ashes were going to be scattered, I sat on a bench there and broke my heart. Cue a coal tit singing nearby

 

My Mum was a miners daughter.

 

Many cultures believe relatives, in the shape of birds visit the bereaved.

 

I dunno but it certainly helped me out when I was a bit lost.

 

Anyway, back to the tits and bushes jokes

Lovely post, nice story to read.

[Morgan]

3 hours ago, Jamhammer said:

Sorry to take the thread in a weird direction but I have some coal tits in the back garden. They have quite a distinctive song and I tracked it down via the RSPB website.

 

When my Mum passed away I went home to Wales and, when at my sisters in Snowdonia before the funeral I went into her back garden and was a bit upset. Cue a coal tit singing in the distance.

 

A few days later I visited the meadow behind the crematorium where her ashes were going to be scattered, I sat on a bench there and broke my heart. Cue a coal tit singing nearby

 

My Mum was a miners daughter.

 

Many cultures believe relatives, in the shape of birds visit the bereaved.

 

I dunno but it certainly helped me out when I was a bit lost.

 

Anyway, back to the tits and bushes jokes

Aw man, you just do this, don’t you?

 

 

 

Brilliant wee story.