The weather continues to be very frustrating. It was wet today, but rather than sit at home doing nothing,  I still tried to get some photographs and in the end I was successful. It was far too wet to risk putting the flash guns out, rain water and electronics don't mix.  I was therefore, restricted to some normal photography and that's what I finished up doing. Here are todays photographs.

This is a Blue Tit, if you are visiting the Blog from the USA you will obviously see that this bird is related to your Chickadee species. Blue Tits  are a very common bird here in the UK and Europe and a very welcome and common bird in  backyards and gardens. There are approximately 3 1/2 million breeding pairs of Blue Tits in the UK.  The next species is a Marsh Tit which rarely, visits gardens and backyards and is a bird that, whilst not necessarily rare, is on the Red list of species in decline in the UK.   There is an estimated population of around 50,000 pairs, which is a tiny population by comparison to the Blue Tit and  is therefore, not seen as often. However, Marsh Tits do breed here in the county of Devon and I pretty much see them on every outing to the Dartmoor National Park. This species very much resembles the Black Capped Chickadee  Poecile atricapillus of the USA and belongs to the same family with the scientific name Poecile palustris.  I very much enjoy discovering little facts like this and it's good to be able to post about it. It's quite interesting to compare the behaviour of this species with Blue Tits. Even though they are a much rarer bird it is interesting to see that they are a bold and aggresive species and seemingly fearless.  They are always the first to arrive at the food and more accepting of my presence and the flash equipment.  During the next few days I plan to get some video footage of this species so check back later on.