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It is maybe the smallest of Tits and, on the lowlands of our country, likely the rarest. Weight of this tit does not exceed 10 grams with a wingspan smaller than 20 centimeters. It is very frisky and that makes it hard to photograph. I have managed to photograph this species in a large park, in the winter, where the birds were very intensively fed.
Last minute news – 07/2014
Finally, my fairly small gallery of this species has been enriched with new interesting shots. This time the pictures were taken in the mountains where I went to photograph Hazel Grouse. As for hazel I failed but tits let me take a few photos. Small flock prayed not far from my hide and thus presented images were taken. The gallery changed radically its look and the previous winter images have been complemented with colorful ones with the forest in the background.
Last minute news – 02/2015
Although I did not add any picture of the coal tit in the news, but while taking pictures of white-throated dippers I could see coal tits and a small flock of long-tailed tits that suddenly came around at dawn. The light conditions were not good yet but my recording set was at hand so I recorded sounds.
Last minute news 03/2015
While waiting for hawfinches I managed to take some interesting shots of the coal tit. Here in Greater Poland it is not just a piece of cake to photograph this bird. You can easier and faster photograph the great tit or the blue tit. So the gallery was reconstructed.
Last minute news - 11/2017
It appeared twice, for a while by a drinker, in Spain. As my collection of coal tit images had not been ample, I had to beef up the gallery.
Last minute news – 06/2018
After leaving the predator hide in Spain I always had a few hours until the dusk in order to check if there wasn’t anything more to photograph in the area. There were plenty of coal tits in the Pyrenees. What’s interesting, I found two nests of coal tits situated in a rift of a stone ledge. Several photos, more interesting than the previous ones, were taken, and as the best is the enemy of the good, the gallery has been remodeled.
Last minute news- 11/2018 United Kingdom
Last minute news- 03/2021
Quite unexpectedly, managed to take many interesting photos of Coal tit. The so far incomplete gallery, consisting of a dozen photos, has been supplemented with new photos and is attached to the news on my website.
Last minute news- 06/2023