Field guide to the most commonly encountered mammals and birds

Here, we provide some basic information regarding commonly observed species (plus some others about which we have had queries).  

Feel free to contact us by email if you have any questions regarding species you have encountered on the site.

For more information about mammals, we recommend the Mammal Society's species hub, here. For birds, excellent resources are available from the RSPB (here) and the BTO (here).

 

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Great Tit

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Scientific Name: Parus major

Appearance: Large tit. Head black with white cheek patch. Crown and throat glossy in male. Green back. Underparts yellow with broad black central stripe, narrower in female. Blue-grey wings, displaying a single off-white wing bar in flight.

Song: Variation on repeated two-syllable phrase. May be sharp and ‘metallic’, soft and musical or harsh and grating. Pace may be steady or fast; tea-cher tea-cher tea-cher or seetoo seetoo seetoo.

When heard: Resident. Males may be heard singing from as early as January through to the end of breeding in July.

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