WREN IN DELIGHTFUL SMALL CASE BY GUNN
BLUE TIT(PARUS CAERULEUS)
BLUE TIT ON A TRADITIONAL PRE-NEST BOX NESTING HOLE
BLUE TIT IN CLOSE UP,ALMOST LIFELIKE
BLUE TITS
LONG TAILED TIT(AEGITHALOS CAUDATUS)
BEARDED TIT FEMALE VERY RARE LOCALISED BREEDER NORFOLK IS STRONGHOLD
LONG-TAILED TIT
LONG-TAILED TIT
GREAT TIT
MARSH TIT/WILLOW TIT BRITAINS MOST SIMILAR SPECIES
MARSH/WILLOW TIT
COAL TIT
GOLDCREST(REGULUS REGULUS)BY T.E.GUNN OF NORWICH,THE GOLDCREST OR GOLDEN-CRESTED WREN AS IT IS OFTEN CALLED IS BRITAINS SMALLEST BIRD AT JUST 9cm,RESIDENT BREEDING BIRD,WITH WINTER VISITORS FROM SCANDINAVIA SUPPLEMENTING WINTER NUMBERS,VERY SUSPECT TO HARSH WINTERS,AND NUMBERS FLUCTUATE,BUT WITH MILDER WINTERS,SHOULD INCREASE.
GOLDCREST
DIPPERS ON FAST FLOWING STREAM SETTING
DIPPER(CINCLUS CINCLUS)A BIRD OF HIGH GROUND FAST FLOWING STREAMS AND RIVERS,TYPICAL AREAS ARE THE DERBYSHIRE AND TORKSHIRE DALES,AND DEVON AND WELSH RIVERS,SWIMS AND WALKS UNDERWATER USING THE FLOWING WATERS PRESSURE TO BE ABLE TO WALK ON RIVER BED TO SEARCH FOR LARVAE AND SMALL INVERTEBRATES.
CASE OD DIPPERS IN STREAM SETTING
DIPPER
NUTHATCH(SITTA EUROPAEA)RESEMBLES THE SHAPE OF A SMALL WOODPECKER,WITH ITS LONG DAGGER BEAK,RATHER ELUSIVE EXEPT ON SOME BIRDTABLES,A BIRD OF MIXED WOODLANDS,NESTING IN TREE HOLES,AND THE BRITISH POULATION HAS INCREASED IN RECENT YEARS,POSSIBLE THROUGH BIRD TABLE FOODS IN WINTER AND NEST BOX SCHEMES.
NUTHATCH SITTA EUROPAEA) AND TREE CREEPER(CERTHIA FAMILIARIS)
TWO SMALL WOODLANDS BIRDS THE NUTHATCH HAS INCREASED IN RECENT YEARS,POSSIBLY DUE TO THE USE OF BIRD FEEDERS,IN PARKS AND GARDENS,AND ALSO NEST BOXES,CAN BE VERY HARD TO SPOT,THE ONLY BRITISH BIRD THAT CLIMBS DOWN A TREE HEAD FIRST AS IT SEARCHES FOR INSECT LIFE,IN AUTUMN AND WINTER EATS HAZEL NUTS,ACORNS AND PINE CONES,GETS ITS NAME FROM THE HABIT OF PLACING NUTS IN CREVICES TO ENABLE THEM TO BE HATCHETED OPEN WITH ITS LONG POINTED BILL.
TREE CREEPER(CERTHIA FAMILIARIS)
THE TREE CREEPER CAN BE LIKENED TO A MOUSE AS IT MOVES UP AND AROUND THE TREE IT IS FEEDING ON,NEVER STILL,AS IT SEARCHES FOR ITS INSCECT PREY BEHING LOOSE BARK AND IN CREVICES.NESTS BEHING LOOSE BARK OR BEHING IVY GROWTH,INCREASED NORTHWARDS IN RECENT YEARS,AND A SLIGHT INCREASE RECORDED BUT A DECLINE IN IRELAND.
WREN(TROGLODYTES TROGLODYTES)COMMON GARDEN AND WOODLAND BIRD,BUT SUSPECT TO COLD WINTERS,UP TO 80 PERCENT CAN PERISH,NOW BREEDING EARLIER DUE TO GLOBAL WARMING,AND WITH LESS FROSTY WINTERS MAY BE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN NUMBERS.
WREN BRITAINS SECOND SMALLEST BIRD BEHIND THE GOLDCREST
JENNY WREN
TREE PIPIT(ANTHUS TRIVIALIS)A BIRD OF HEATHLAND,COMMONS,OPEN WOODLANDS AND CLEARINGS,SINGS FROM PERCH ON TREE WITH DISPLAY FLIGHTS,MIGRATORY SUMMER BREEDER WITH OVER 120,000 PAIRS NESTING BUT POPULATION DECREASING IN CENTRAL ENGLAND BUT WITH AN INCREASE IN SCOTLAND. |
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