Williamson's Weekly Nature Notes

HERE are some of the tit family bowing their heads for you to see their crowns. Thisis often the only way to know who's who.

By The Newsroom

Published 6th Mar 2009, 08:44 BST

Updated 8th Jun 2018, 04:13 BST

I photogaphed them through the kitchen window as they dug into a bowl of best wheat, so the pictures are a trifle fuzzy. They are a great tit, coal tit and marsh tit.

These three breed in the same woods throughout Sussex but confuse people because they may all look roughly the same at a distance.

They all love coming to bird tables together with the blue tit.

Great tits have a lot of yellow on them and are bigger than the others. Their crowns are very deep royal blue. The other two are black. Great tits have a large white cheek patch easily seen at a distance.

For full feature see West Sussex Gazette March 11