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Wolfhill
Commander of the Wild Empire
Registered: February 2006
Location: Perthshire, Scotland
Posts: 1,057
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Sat October 28, 2006 2:19pm
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Hi Barbara, nice shot the Bearded Tits. I was wondering what a grit station is? and why Bearded Tits come to them?
Fergus
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My Scottish Nature Photography
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Barbara
Commander of the Wild Empire
Registered: March 2006
Location: Greater Manchester
Posts: 2,928
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Sat October 28, 2006 2:45pm
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Wolfhill
Hi Barbara, nice shot the Bearded Tits. I was wondering what a grit station is? and why Bearded Tits come to them?
Fergus
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Hi Fergus
Thankyou for your comment. There are only 400 hundred pairs of Bearded Tits in the UK. I think there are around 50 pairs at Leighton Moss but I could well be wrong on that one. They live in reedbeds but sometimes they may move away from the breeding area in the winter. In the summer they eat insects, insect larvae, spiders and seed but at this time of the year they mainly eat seed. The RSPB at Leighton Moss where I took this pic, put out grit at feeding stations so that the Bearded Tits can grind the seed down in their crop, just like we would give a budgie grit. We only saw one pair while we were there, the weather was slight drizzle which didn't help as they are mainly seen in the better weather. The grit station was quite far away and the tits only looked very very small to the naked eye, this is the best I could do with my bigma I'm afraid.
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Ollie
Knight Commander of the Wild Empire
Registered: February 2006
Location: Small North Lincolnshire village
Posts: 9,667
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Sat October 28, 2006 2:46pm
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Well done Barbara, I am very envious of this one. there are a couple of places near me where I can see them if I am lucky, but never been able to get a photograph.
Roger
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http://lincsbirder.zenfolio.com/
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Barbara
Commander of the Wild Empire
Registered: March 2006
Location: Greater Manchester
Posts: 2,928
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Sat October 28, 2006 2:55pm
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Originally Posted by Ollie
Well done Barbara, I am very envious of this one. there are a couple of places near me where I can see them if I am lucky, but never been able to get a photograph.
Roger
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Thanks Roger, I wished it had been a lot sharper but as I said to Fergus the grit station was quite far away. I was very pleased that we saw them though because we went to Leighton Moss with the intention of seeing them. We didn't see much of the reserve due to the weather but we hope to return soon in better weather because it is a lovely place with still a lot to explore
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matt_xyz
Commander of the Wild Empire
Registered: February 2006
Location: Leicestershire
Posts: 4,586
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Sat October 28, 2006 2:58pm
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they're lovely looking birds aren't they. Well done Barbara, certainly a bird I've never had the pleasure of seeing.
Matt
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Barbara
Commander of the Wild Empire
Registered: March 2006
Location: Greater Manchester
Posts: 2,928
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Sat October 28, 2006 3:06pm
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Originally Posted by matt_xyz
they're lovely looking birds aren't they. Well done Barbara, certainly a bird I've never had the pleasure of seeing.
Matt
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Matt they are absolutely gorgeous, superb through binocs and I should think amazing through a spotting scope
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Jon
Commander of the Wild Empire
Registered: March 2006
Location: Wirral
Posts: 2,194
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Sun October 29, 2006 12:50pm
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Never seen one before, nice to see a "genuine one"!
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We may "see the world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wildflower" William Blake
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Beryl
Active Member
Registered: March 2006
Location: Exmouth Devon
Posts: 3,019
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Mon October 30, 2006 5:38pm
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Wow . really nice.
Well captured
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Believe half of what you see
Believe nothing of what you hear
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Barbara
Commander of the Wild Empire
Registered: March 2006
Location: Greater Manchester
Posts: 2,928
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Tue October 31, 2006 12:54pm
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Thankyou Jon and Beryl, I'll have to pick a finer day before I try to capture them again and read my instruction book for my camera
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