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Long-tailed Tit (was - Bird ID - please)

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  • 22-01-2012 4:29pm
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    fryup
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    Saw this little chap at the feeder this morning....it had a long tail, white breast with brownish tan at sides, black head with white stripe down the middle.

    got some photos..but not great quality:o


    birdx2.jpgbirdx1.jpg


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    tricky D
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    Long tailed tit by the looks of it. Usually come in bunches and can be good fun to watch.


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    cscook
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    I'd say long-tailed tit too, though I can't click on the photo to enlarge it. I'm reasonably familiar with seeing them along the canal and in the Botanic gardens, but when I saw one here yesterday, with first seeing just the white diamond/stripe on the head it threw me for a minute till it moved and I saw the long tail. There's a photo in the Photos I took recently sticky at the top of the forum, you could compare. At the time of posting this, it's the last photo in the thread.


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    BuachaillCrann
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    defo a Long tailed tit!


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    fryup
    Registered Users Posts: 18,069 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    cscook wrote: »
    There's a photo in the Photos I took recently sticky at the top of the forum, you could compare. At the time of posting this, it's the last photo in the thread.

    took a look at that photo and yep its them alright

    never seen them in my garden before wonder why there here this year and not previous??


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