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Old 16-12-2010, 08:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Dave Hill View Post
We have been getting a great deal of activity from the blue tits since
the start of the hard frosts, I don't think I have seen so many on our
feeders, also a fer Great Tits, Coal Tits, but no sign of our Long
Tailed Tits, tyhat was till today when they turned up in force, over
12 of them as far as I could count, feeding as if they hadn't eaten
for days. I was afraid that they had been lost to the cold.
I just hope they get through the comming cold spell that is being
forecast.
David Hill
Long tailed tits seem to be the tits which are least bothered by humans. We have had them coming to a fat feeder two feet from the kitchen window. They're one of my favourite birds.
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