Great Tit (Parus major)

Nikon D7200, Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6

f/6.3, 1/500s, ISO 500, 500mm Cambridgeshire 2019

The largest Tit species found in the UK, its range covers almost the whole of the mainland, apart from the highest parts of the the Scottish highlands.

It can be a bit of a bully and I see it on our bird feeders pushing off other species including Starlings, which takes some doing!

It has a distinctive call that sounds very much like Teacher! Teacher!

  • ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    That is an absolutely gorgeous picture, and the foreground/background focus is perfect. I’m not much of a birder (or a photographer!) but the pic drew me in from r/All (or whatever we call it on Lemmy now). Thank you for adding this bit of beauty and perfection to my day.

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      9 months ago

      Thank you for your kind words. It is one of my favourite pictures and it means a lot that other people enjoy it too.