A blue-tit is a member of the tit family.
A blue tit is a small bird. It is 12 cm long. It has a blue cap with white cheeks and yellow underparts. The young birds are more yellowish overall. The blue tit has a bit of white on its head, big black eyes and a black beak.
They have small tails and short beaks. When oil shines on them they shine beautifully. It looks green and light yellow.
They love peanuts and bird cakes, and are often first on the feeders.
A blue tit makes a "churr" sound. Its song is a clear, quite high-pitched "tsee-hee-he-hee…". It's call is a series of scolding chuckles, and also many short twitters.
A blue tit is so light and it is so acrobatic that it can feed from the thinnest branches where bigger birds can't reach. It is only a small bird, but it scolds bigger birds when they try to push them out of the way.
A blue tit is so light and it is so acrobatic that it can feed from the thinnest branches where bigger birds can't reach. It is only a small bird, but it scolds bigger birds when they try to push them out of the way. It is very hard to see a blue tit. It is a wild bird and not a pet bird .Blue tits nest in tree holes - or nest boxes if you put them up.
Blue tits breed throughout Ireland. They prefer broad-leaved woodland, but also in farmland, parks and gardens. They nest in cavities in trees or walls, often choosing unusual sites such as a pipes or letterboxes.
The most common place to find blue tits in Ireland is Knocksink woods.
By,
Kirsty, Niamh and Sophie
By,
Kirsty, Niamh and Sophie
This our report about the blue tit.we worked on this project vrery hard.we are working on bray habour aswell.we are very impresed with this project.we love our project we are doing the coal tit,long tailed tit and the great tit.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great project! My house backs onto farmland and we have long tailed and blue tits around our feeder a lot of the time. We give them suet cakes, peanuts and some seeds. The only problem we have is pigeons who shoo them away.
ReplyDeleteBut two years ago one of the pigeons was attacked by a Sparrowhawk. I could send a picture of the Sparrowhawk in flight to your teacher if you would like.
Yes please. That would be wonderful. You can send it to stphilomenas4@hotmail.com
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4th class
good report sophie kirsty and niamh i love the blue tit
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ReplyDeleteI really like your collection about the birds of Ireland. I teach 3rd and 4th grade in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. I think your town is just over the hill in the background of my profile photo. Wicklow was my wife's favorite place on our tour of Ireland in July of '09. So, guess where we'll be visiting again on our next trip.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great report; bluetits are beautiful little birds aren't they. You have seen some other lovely birds at the feeder too. We don't have many garden birds where I live but we do see some amazing seabirds and I have ravens living near my house which I see most days. Keep working hard at the project!
ReplyDeleteMs Breyley, Burravoe School, Shetland
hi
ReplyDeletegreat report on the blue tit sophie
This is a great work, well done
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I think use are doing good on the blue tit.
ReplyDeletefrom louise
I think u are doing very well on you project . And well done ur doing great .
ReplyDeleteHannahA.
The blue tits are very clever at feeding time.
ReplyDeleteE.g. They peel bark off trees to get to insects underneath .
Did u know they use almost anything to build their nests???
hi very good report Sophie Kristy and niamh
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