Don’t underestimate the blue tit

Lindsey Wakefield local naturalist and BCA trustee writes about the blue tit

As I write, I'm scanning the garden through binoculars, and surprised to find several Blue Tits not wearing the small metal leg bands fitted under the British Trust for Ornithology Ringing Scheme. You may wonder why this is surprising since the majority of Buxton's Blue Tits are metal free, but given we have ringed over 50 Blue Tits in our garden since my eldest son received his Ringing License in October, isn't it amazing that new ones still flood in?

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The blue tit