Where to find them: Parks and gardens
When to hear them: All year round
Diet: Insects, seeds, nuts
A garden regular, the green and yellow great tit is particularly partial to living in nestboxes.
They’re relatively common up and down the East London Line, and make a for a charismatic garden visitor; they’ve been know to perform feats of upside down acrobatics to get at hard to reach seeds on bird feeders.
Their distinctive two tone calls have been comared to sound of a squaky wheelbarrow by gardeners.
Top 10 most spotted rating:
Croydon: 8th
Lewisham: 7th
Tower Hamlets: 8th
Hackney: 6th