Name: Bearded Tit
Scientific name: Panurus biarmicus
Category: Birds
Nature Stars: 80
About: A small 'tit' with a very long tail, about 15cm long. Bearded Tits are birds of large reedbeds where they feed on insects and reed seeds. They build a nest low down among the reeds, often amongst piles of dead reed stems. Bearded Tits can be heard calling with a nasal 'ting' or 'ping' call as they fly about the reeds.
How to identify: Unmistakeable
Where: Found in large reedbeds in south and eastern England and in the north west of England.
Natural Superpowers
Fantastic fact: The Bearded Tit is also known as Bearded Reedling, and is not actually a tit at all but the only British member of a family of Asian birds called Parrotbills.
Photograph credit: Photo credit tbc
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