Long-Tailed Tit

A tiny, highly social bird usually seen moving through woodland, hedgerows and gardens in noisy, restless flocks, its long tail and fluffy pink-tinged plumage make it easy to identify once seen. Listen for its distinctive trilling and soft contact calls, often the first clue that a flock is passing through before individual birds are spotted. Autumn and winter are the easiest times to see them, when family flocks forage together through bare hedgerows and woodland edges.