Wednesday 30 September 2015

Pet Project for Tits

Blacka is not short of tits these days. The Willow Tit is a much less common bird than others, say Blue Tits or Great Tits. But it has been seen near the Strawberry Lee Lane car park by a local bird enthusiast and this has led to another pet project by SRWT. Because Willow Tits have a penchant for nesting in holes in dead trees the scheme is to kill off some more birch trees and leave them standing. Those of us who walk over all of Blacka know that there is no shortage of dead standing wood which is quite likely the reason for the birds being here in the first place. But we know SRWT. Naturally occurring dead standing trees cannot be classed as a project because nature did it. Doubtless they can now qualify for some grant funding and filling in those forms is just what they like doing. The fact that these things always finish up looking an eyesore may or may not trouble the Willow Tit.

Another tit we come across more often is the Coal Tit, familiar visitor to garden bird tables.



They used to be the most shy of those who come to meet us in the morning but have now become just as bold, and at times more cheeky, than the Chaffinches and Robins.


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