tit id please :D

[genevieve]

hello again!

im needin a little help again, this tit, at first i thought coal but then the black bits on the face dont go right around so i thought maybe marsh or willow, but im not sure really, any ideas?



theres also this strange bird which i cant id at all, not helped by the appauling photo quality! but it has quite obvious coloured markings so i thought someone who knew more about birds could tell me...



thank you!

[Muggsy]

coal tit for me .. and a blackcap

[Dan Salter]

You were correct the first bird is a Coal Tit

The second is a rather lovely Male Blackcap!

[shenk1]

I'll agree with Muggsy

[genevieve]

thank you!
how can you tell its coal and not one of the others? just so i can in future :P

also, woo, not had a blackcap before, just gota wait for it to come back to get a better photo of it now!

[Jason Green]

Evening Gen,

You're quite correct for the first - Coal Tit. The two white wing-bars rule out Willow and Marsh.

The second looks like a male Blackcap, the female having a reddish cap.

Take care,

Jason

[shenk1]

Originally Posted by genevieve

thank you!
how can you tell its coal and not one of the others? just so i can in future :P

also, woo, not had a blackcap before, just gota wait for it to come back to get a better photo of it now!

Little white patch on back of its neck ,bit like a mini great tit

[genevieve]

ooohh yes good point about the white wingbars jason, just seen them in my bird book, and with the blackcap it's for once the female with the brighter head adornment!

thanks!