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Shriek of the Week: Bearded Tit
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Shriek of the Week: Bearded Tit

Ping-call wizard

If you go down to the reeds today…

…well, you can’t really be sure, but you may get a ‘ping’ surprise.

For every bearded tit that ever there was likes reeds. They are among the most reed-dependent of all our birds, and they like big beds of it. A fringed ditch just won’t suffice.

Largely the colour of phragmites (Norfolk) reed, clinging to the swaying se…

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