Great Tit

Extract from Bird Report 2024

Very common resident. Included in 63.3% of BirdTrack lists. Th e East of England long-term trend is increasing +6%, but the long-term trend for Bedfordshire is decreasing -4%. (Green list).

At Clophill Lakes, 59 fledged from nine nest boxes, and at Southill Park, 46 fl edged from seven nest boxes.

The largest counts were of 32 at Zouches Farm, Dunstable on 15th February, 30 at Stewartby Lake on 18th February and 30 at Potton Wood on 4th July. Th ey were in 97% of gardens during the Summer Garden Bird Survey, during which they were more frequent at rural sites.