| Marsh Tit (Parus palustris (Linnaeus, 1758)) |
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Scientific name: Parus palustris (Linnaeus, 1758) Common name: Marsh Tit French name: Mésange nonnette Order: Passeriformes Family: Paridae Size: 11 to 12 cm, 9 to 12 g. Habitat: Deciduous woodlands (especially oaks and beeches), but also parks and gardens. Food: This Tit mainly feeds on insects and spiders, but also on seeds and hazelnuts during winter (it sometimes come to the feeding plates). Nesting: It nests in a hole in a tree. The Marsh Tit lays 7 to 10 eggs between April and June. Migration: Sedentary Geographic area: Temperate Europe, missing in the south of Spain, in Ireland, in Scotland and in northern Scandinavia. North of Asia. |
The Marsh Tit is very common in woodlands. You can identify it by its glossy black top of the head and sharply defined chin and upper throat. There are no pale marks on the wings, which is a good distinction from the Willow Tit. The Marsh Tit has also a glossier crown. |
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I shot this picture from my favourite observation place: the kitchen's window. Marsh Tits are regularly coming to feed on the fat balls. I rarely observe them in Spring or in Summer. |
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I have replaced a blurred picture by this one which is slightly better but not yet extraordinary sharp. With more time and more application, I will sure have, one day, a beautiful picture of a Marsh Tit! |
André Bon November 2009