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Blue Tit (Parus caeruleus) The Blue Tit is a highly agile and active bird. The Blue tit is resident in deciduous and mixed woods, parks, gardens and orchards. It readily accepts man-made nest boxes. The female brings a quantity of moss into the nest box and constructs a soft bed of hairs and tiny feathers for her clutch, which is usually ten to twelve eggs. The little Blue Tits hatch after 12 to 14 days of incubation. The parents feed them assiduously and the young leave the nest after 16 to 18 days. The adults feed them for another few days and then begin to prepare the second clutch, which is usually smaller than the first. Blue Tits usually remain around one area, do not move far in winter and use the same nest box for over wintering. The Blue Tit attracts attention at once by its mainly blue coloration. The blue crown is conspicuous and the wings and tail are also blue. This colour contrasts with the yellow underparts, white cheeks and olive-green back. The female is identical to the male. In the young, the cap is more olive-green, the white areas of the head are yellowish and the underparts are dirty yellow. Great Tit (Parus major) The Great Tits is the best-known and probably the most popular tit. It lives in similar habitats to the Blue Tit. Early in Spring the winter flocks begin to break up and Great Tits pair. They like to occupy mane-made nest boxes, lining with a thick layer of moss and preparing a deep hollow of hairs which is filled by white, red-spotted eggs laid at daily intervals. Whenever the female leaves the nest she covers the eggs carefully and begins incubation after laying the eighth to tenth egg. She incubates without interruption of 13 to 14 days and the male brings her food for the whole time. The young leave the nest box in 15 to 20 days when they can fly. The adults feed them for some time, then leave them and start another clutch, this time of only four to eight eggs. The Great Tit is a striking and colourful bird. The head, except for the large white cheek patches, is intensely black with a bluish gloss. The black colour runs as a broad line from the throat down the breast to the underside of the tail, dividing the lemon-yellow underparts. The mantle is olive-green, while the wings and tail are a bluish shade. The female resembles the male, but has a narrower and shorter black line down her underparts.

The Nest boxes come in three different colours (as shown below). Brown, Brown with green roof and Green.

We also sell the camera kit on its own. The kit is available as shown below.

To order a Birdcam Tit Box or , please go to our order page. Phone: 01463 731525 Email: debbie@birdcam.co.uk Birdcam 7 Bellfield Drive North Kessock Inverness IV1 3XT Scotland