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Willow Tit

Martin Hughes-Games presents the willow tit.

Tweet of the Day is a series of fascinating stories about our British birds inspired by their calls and songs.

Martin Hughes-Games presents the Willow Tit. Willow Tits are declining rapidly in many areas: they are very similar to marsh tits, so alike in fact that no-one realised that they existed here until 1897 and their identity as a breeding bird in the UK was confirmed three years later.

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2 minutes

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Sun 28 Jan 2024 08:58

Willow Tit (Poecile montanus)

Image courtesy for Mike Lane (rspb-images.com)

Broadcasts

  • Thu 21 Nov 2013 05:58
  • Thu 20 Aug 2015 05:58
  • Tue 20 Dec 2016 05:58
  • Fri 3 Feb 2017 05:58
  • Thu 30 Aug 2018 05:58
  • Thu 21 May 2020 05:58
  • Mon 21 Mar 2022 05:58
  • Sun 28 Jan 2024 08:58

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