The group of 6 or so long talied tits in my garden regularly go around the windows stopping to peck at each one. At first I thought there might be small insects on the wooden frames but it is definitely the glass they are pecking. although they are flock birds I believe they are also territorial so my theory is that they are checking out what they see as newcomers. I'd be very interested to hear an expert's view.
We have a flock of 7 that visit the garden as part of their regular food trail, and they love the forsythia for the bugs on it - one reason James should keep it maybe?
It is only in the last year or so that long tailed tits have been visiting my garden and using the peanut feeder and seed feeders. But there favourites are definitely the fat balls hanging in an elder tree just outside the back door - they will happily feed there when I am sitting a few feet away on the patio.
I had a huge flock of long tailed tits in my garden for the past 2 years from early January onwards, but have not seen any this year. can you give me any ideas as to why this might be?
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I had a huge flock of long tailed tits in my garden for the past 2 years from early January onwards, but have not seen any this year. can you give me any ideas as to why this might be?
I'm not sure why your LTTs have disappeared. Do you feed the birds. They love the fat balls in my feeders.