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Birds seen in parks and gardens in the UK: Blue Tit

ARKive - Blue Tit, Parus caeruleus
http://www.arkive.org/species/ARK/birds/Parus_caeruleus/
Read physical description of male and female blue tits, and adult and juvenile. Plus colour photography of species nesting in a tree.

BBC: Science & Nature - Blue Tit
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/reallywild/amazing/blue_tit.shtml
Investigate the nest building skills of small bird that pairs for life. Side-profile image of blue tit on nut feeder.

BBCi - Blue Tit
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/wildfacts/factfiles/248.shtml
Find a sample of the blue tit’s cheerful song, or learn more about its life through facts and photos.

Birds of Britain - Blue Tit
http://www.birdsofbritain.co.uk/bird-guide/blue-tit.htm
Scan an illustration of the colourful bird. Reviews its nesting habitat, predators, and foraging behaviour.

British Garden Birds - Blue Tit
http://www.garden-birds.co.uk/birds/bluetit.htm
Inquire about this cheeky bird that helps the gardener but also eats putty around windows. Also data on feeding and breeding, plus audio clip.

British Trust for Ornithology - Blue Tit
http://www.bto.org/birdtrends2004/wcrbluti.htm
Research current European conservation status of the blue tit. Includes distribution maps, table of population changes, and colour image. 

Garden Safari, The - Blue Tit
http://www.gardensafari.net/english/pages/pimpel.htm
Study perky bird that steals the cream. Includes full written description reinforced by series of colour images.

Royal Society for the Protection of Birds - Blue Tit
http://www.rspb.org.uk/gardens/guide/atoz/b/bluetit.asp
Find out about one of the most common of all birds visiting UK gardens. Read about particularly large clutch of eggs and exactly when the fledglings they leave the nest.

Science News - Handsome Blue Tit Dads Have More Sons
http://www.findarticles.com/cf_dls/m1200/3_157/59021065/p1/article.jhtml
Discusses a Swedish study which found that male blue tits with the brightest crests had more male offspring.

Young People’s Trust for the Environment - Blue Tit
http://www.yptenc.org.uk/docs/factsheets/animal_facts/blue_tit.html
Appreciate habitat, diet, and character of small bird that can be sighted in UK, Europe, Scandinavia, and north Africa. Also black and white line drawing of bird.

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