The Willow Tit.

Introduction
Between blue and great tits in size, with no yellow, green or blue. It has a large sooty-black cap extending to the back of the neck and a small untidy black bib. It is mid-brown above, with whiter cheeks and pale buff-grey underparts. Its wings show a pale panel not found in marsh tits. Its recent population declines make it a Red List species.

They like damp stands of trees close to rivers, streams and gravel pits, preferring willows, birch and alder, as well as conifers. They also like undergrowth in clearings within old broadleaved woodland, and are sometimes found in tall, ancient, hedgerows, and even dry, scrubby bushes on chalk hills. well away from any water.

Similar to breeding habitats. They will visit garden bird tables in winter, but less so than other tits.

Found mainly in England and Wales, with some in S Scotland. Willow tits are often, but by no means exclusively, found in willow thickets in damp places, such as the edge of lowland peat bogs, marshes, and around gravel pits.

Eat insects, seeds and berries.