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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Long-tailed Tit

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Scientific Name: Aegithalos caudatus

Appearance: Tiny, neckless, ‘ball-shaped’ outline, with long tail. Crown white, with heavy black band from eye down side of neck. Upperparts black, white and pinkish-brown. Underparts dull white. Tail black with outer feathers white. Dark wings. Very short, dark bill. Sexes alike.

Song: Song is very rarely used. Most frequently heard vocalisations in a limited repertoire are contact calls as the birds travel in small family groups. A high, thin seee seee, or a short, abrupt trrp or longer zerrrp or tsirrup.

When heard: Resident. Contact calls described above are produced year-round.

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