RSPB
The Lodge
Sandy
Bedfordshire
SG19 2DL
Tel: 0767 680 551
Birdlife International
Wellbrook Court,
Girton Road,
Cambridge
CB3 0NA
Tel: 0223 277 318
Fax: 0223 277 200
British Trust for Ornithology
The National Centre for Ornithology
The Nunnery,
Thetford,
NORFOLK
IP24 2PU
Tel: 0842 750 050
Fax: 0842 750 030
Scottish Ornithologist's Club
21 Regent Terrace
Edinburgh
EH7 5BT
Tel: 031 556 6042
The Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust
Slimbridge
Gloucester
GL2 7BT
Tel: 0453 890 065 / 890 333
Fax: 0453 890 827
Welsh Ornithological Society
c/o Jon Green
Crud yr Awel
Pennar Road
Parcllyn
Cardigan
Dyfed
SA43 2DG
Tel: 0491 811 561
WWW - Birding on the Web: http://compstat.wharton.upenn.edu:8001/~siler/birding.html
Newsgroups - rec.birds
Vic Fazio's Web Site for searching among the hundreds of bird related links on the Web.
Click to see a picture of a Nuthatch taken on Hampstead Heath, North London.
The Nuthatch is easily recognised by its ability to walk up and down vertical tree trunks. [This differs from the Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris) which can only walk upwards and has to fly down to the base of a tree].A very attractive bird, it has a soft blue covering to its back and wings with the underside a peachy colour. The song is a clear whistle and a sharp trill which is metallic in nature.
It is found amongst woodland and feeds on insects and their larvae, nuts, seeds and berries. Its nest is usually located in a tree trunk the entrance hole sometimes being partially filled with mud to reduce its diameter. This accounts for its alternative name, the 'mudstopper'. The eggs are usually laid from April to June and are a rough white colour with heavy reddish brown spotting and number between four and ten.
Click to see a picture of a Coal Tit taken on Hampstead Heath, North London.
Rather less attractively coloured than the other tits, the Coal Tit has a black cap and throat with a white spot on its neck.
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