The Garden Window

Great Tit

The Great Tit is the largest of the Tit family with the male being slightly larger and more robust in build than the female. They have a black and white head, green back, strong bill, yellow under parts and a bold black stripe from the throat down the rest of their body. On males this black strip is a lot wider than on females making them easy to distinguish. Juvenile Great Tits have pigmented plumage just slightly paler than the older birds with yellow check patches and nape which turn white after the first moult. This is unusual as most chicks that are unable to feed themselves are light brown in colour to camouflage with their nests and avoid predators.