The Great Tit - Fast facts
Fast facts - The great tit
The largest UK tit
Green and yellow with a striking glossy black head with white cheeks.
Distinctive two syllable song.
Woodland bird which has adapted to man-made habitats which is why they have become a familiar visitor in your garden.
They can be known to be a wrestler on the bird table as they like to fight away smaller tits.
In winter it roams with blue tits to source food from gardens.
UK breeding population :2,500,000 territories
Protected by The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981
Source of information and research RSPB 2019