Feathery Friday/Saturday: Blue Tits!

Yes! You sceptics from foreign shores; the name is for real!

Blue tits are Britain's prettiest common garden birds. Put out a feeder and more of these show up than practically anything else.





They are closely related to the even more embarrassingly named great tit. These are distinguished by more black-and-white-y coloration and a complete chest stripe:



The perky little tits are Britain's agilest garden birds:









Boy blue tits can get rather aggressive:



They'll even confront their own reflection:



Lady blue tits are very pretty birds:



Even in the wild, they have been known to become quite tame:





When milk was delivered door-to-door (many years ago, in my childhood!) these were the little swines who'd peck away at the silver tops. Or worse:



And like many garden birds, they've been known to raise new generations in bizarre places: