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On my off-road commute, I see and hear dozens of great tits. I used to see the odd pair but now they're all over the place. I'm not complaining as they are an attractive bird - I'm just surprised by the perceived population increase.
I'm 5 miles west of Manchester city centre.
Has anybody else noticed a rise in this species?
Yeah, this isn't going to go wrong at all...
I do find that once the sun comes out and it warms up a bit there's great tits everywhere.
Disappointed.
I blame it on the water being contaminated with estrogenic chemicals 😆
Yay. It's Friday 😀
Tesco was full of them last night.
Tits like coconuts. Apparently.
Great Tits around Manchester you say? I reckon it's the warm weather.
EDIT - Late to the party again, as usual.
Great stuff from the OP bringing this to our attention. I trust Derek will keep abreast of the situation.
There are usually more blue tits around manchester when it colder!
Are you talking about the UKIP canvassers walking round the streets?
It's the election stupid.
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Here are a couple of Great Tits:
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and a lovely pair of Boobies:
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Depends if they are real or stuffed?
I can't remember - my mammary's not what it used to be.
There was a pair in our kitchen the other day when I got up (must have flown in thought the window), my daughter thought it was the funniest thing in the world when I told her. She did get a token telling off later when she said nonchalantly “theres some old tits now dad” when her mum walked in!
When I put my fat balls out in the garden I always get plenty of tits round them.......
Don't you worry that squirrels might come after your nuts?
anyone else dying for a shag?
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I don't mind the cute red ones on my nuts, but I don't let the grey haired ones any where near them!!
Isn't great a relative term ?
One persons great is another persons average.
There's a well documented increase in bearded tits.
Is that not clams you're thinking of?
well the "shag" pic/post made me laugh - thanks retro83
In other news, wild beaver's returned to the UK. Yay!
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Always surprises me how many great tits come out when the weather improves. The same thing happens every year, and I still am like a kid at Christmas with my binoculars.
Which reminds me, what [i]did [/i]happen to Friday Kylie?
People proved time and again that they were incapable of having such a thread without it descending into comments about violently defacing her patio or some such. And this is why we can't have nice things.
[Edits for decency]
Somewhere on the internet, there's an animated gif of jengledow's boobie birds bouncing up an down.
Googling for bouncing boobies doesn't find them but I might be going blind. Hang on, I'll go and have another look
<EDIT> I may be gone for some time
Bearded Tit or Lesser Spotted Chuff?
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Another huge pair.
This surge in great tits must be an urban thing. My commute is quite rural and I've not really noticed any. Being rural I ride past lots of fields with horses in but hardly see any asses either.
I have also noticed on my commute the increased preponderance of the more sizeable chests (and sideboards) in furniture shops and suchlike.