Coal Tit (Periparus ater)
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Status: Resident
all year round
Scots Names: Black
cap, Coal head, Coaly hood, Hooden
Size: 11.5cm
(4.5")
Habitat: Parks, gardens, all types of woodland, churchyards
and hedgerows.
Food: Insects, conifer seeds, readily visits bird tables
and seed feeders.
Breeding: Over 600 000 Breeding pairs
Call Note: Pee-chew, soft and high pitched, song more
like 'sweetcher' as opposed to great tit
'teacher' with 'rounded ends'.
Status: GREEN