Mojo garden birds blue tit 381129

The great tit is a small, very agile garden bird that often hangs upside down during its search for food. Both males and females have a very similar color scheme, making it almost impossible for the naked eye to distinguish the sexes. The head has a blue crown with a white forehead, the wings, neck and tail are blue and the back is yellow-green. The breast is yellow with a dark stripe across the belly. They feed mainly on insects and spiders, but also eat fruit and seeds outside the breeding season. They occur on the European continent, with a preference for a temperate or Mediterranean climate, and in parts of the Middle East.

• Great tits can see ultraviolet light, making it easy for the female to recognize the male by his bright blue hood. • The intensity of the yellow on the thorax is influenced by the number of yellow-green caterpillars eaten, due to the high concentration of carotene pigments in their diet. Features • Length: 12 cm • Wingspan: 18 cm • Habitat: Forests, mainly oak and birch. They can adapt to busier environments such as parks and gardens. • Diet: A wide range of insects such as caterpillars, springtails, grasshoppers, dragonflies, earwigs, moths and lacewings. They eat a variety of seeds, including sunflower seeds, beechnuts and hawthorn seeds. They are also fond of nuts, which they often hold with one paw and crack open with their beak.