Elke Smale 0 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 Can someone please help me identify a bird that I saw this morning at our bird feeder. That said, there were about 7 of them. They were all hanging on the feeder with the fat balls. When one left they all left and flew off together. The other small birds were not scared of them. A sparrow and blue tit joined them. I have never seen them before and I cannot find them in my British wildlife book. The birds were about 12 cm in length, have a long tail and very strong black markings, I.e. mask, on back left and right and on tail with white. The back between the black stripes was red/brown. I would be so happy to find out what kind of bird they were. Thanks very much in advance. Elke Smale Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin 3,386 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 @Elke Smale Welcome to Whatbird! @Aveschapines would you move this thread to the proper section? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Connor Cochrane 2,151 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 Sounds like a Long Tailed Tit to me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Seanbirds 448 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 4 hours ago, Connor Cochrane said: Sounds like a Long Tailed Tit to me. Here’s what they look like. https://ebird.org/species/lottit1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Connor Cochrane 2,151 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 9 minutes ago, Seanbirds said: Here’s what they look like. https://ebird.org/species/lottit1 Scroll through the images. There are different subspecies. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Seanbirds 448 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 On 1/3/2021 at 2:38 PM, Connor Cochrane said: Scroll through the images. There are different subspecies. Right. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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