Crested tit
This unmistakable bird rarely strays far from Scots pine woodlands.
This unmistakable bird rarely strays far from Scots pine woodlands.
Scotland’s special subspecies of crested tit is called Lophophanes cristatus scoticus. Other types of crested tit occur in Europe.
In Scots pine woodlands, look out for:
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