Great Tits

It is an easy tit to recognise, large in size at 14 cm, with a broad black line (broader in the male) down its otherwise yellow front. The neck and head are black with white cheeks and ear coverts. Upperparts are olive. It has a white wingbar and outer tail feathers. In young birds the black is replaced by brown, and the white by yellow.

The Great Tit, Parus major, is a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. This is a common and popular European garden bird, due to its acrobatic performances when feeding on nuts or seed.

There are many races of this widespread species, but they fall into three groups: “Itty Bitty”, “Handful”, and “American Enormous”.

It will join winter tit flocks with other species, and they look great in a sweater.