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Description: | This is a recording of the song of the male great tit. This handsome woodland bird is a regular visitor to gardens throughout Britain. It is our largest tit, many races of which are known across the globe. When feeding with other birds it always likes to demonstrate who's boss, having a tendency of being a bully. Both sexes look similar although the male is brighter in colour, with a sulphur-yellow belly, divided by a broad black stripe. The black head possesses large white face patches, a quality earning the bird the alternative name, 'ox-eye'. As well as its see-sawing 'tee-cher, tee-cher' and 'peetoo, peetoo, peetoo' songs, this bird also has a large repertoire of short calls. It consumes various delicacies, such as fruit, berries, spiders, insects and household scraps. Although the Great tit uses tree holes to site its nest, it will readily use nest boxes, letter- boxes and even drainpipes. The hen incubates a clutch of up to twelve eggs, which hatch after two weeks. Both parents feed the often large and demanding bundle of nestlings. A numerous and widely distributed resident, the Great tit's breeding numbers are currently stable at 1,700,000 pairs. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Subjects: | Woodland Bird Wildlife sounds Garden | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Shove, Lawrence | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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