Blue Tit

🔍 Overview

A colourful and acrobatic garden favourite across Sussex. Found in almost any habitat with trees and shrubs, especially fond of garden feeders.

🪶 Key Identification Features

Size: Small (11–12 cm)

Plumage: Blue, yellow, white, and green

Distinctive Marks: Blue cap, white face with black eye stripe

Bill: Short and stubby

Tail: Short

Flight: Bouncy and erratic

🗺️ Habitat & Distribution

Widespread throughout Sussex in gardens, woodlands, and parks.

🎶 Voice & Behaviour

High-pitched trills and “tsee-tsee” calls. Agile and bold at feeders, often hanging upside-down.

🍴 Diet

Insects, caterpillars, seeds, and peanuts.

📸 Birding Tip

Look for them in mixed tit flocks in winter. Nest boxes can encourage breeding in gardens.