When I grow up ......

...... I'll be a fully fledged Blue Tit.

This little chap made me smile with his little patch of blue on his head. Sometimes its the most common of birds that present the highlight of an otherwise quiet birding session.

Sparkling little chap

I'm really pleased with the lighting in this image of a Blue Tit which was perched against a relatively dark background.

Great eye contact with a nice glint and good feather definition ..... a very pleasing cameo shot of a common bird. 

Mega !

I am sure that the word Mega will have attracted your attention and it certainly provokes great activity amongst the twitching community.

I don't have any problems with twitching and have done so myself on occasions such as the appearance of a Red Footed Falcon at RSPB Lakenheath in May 2013, what a cracking bird and one of only a handfull that turn up in the UK annually .

So what do you do in the absence of Mega's ?

For a long time I have promoted and appreciated the innate beauty of our more common birds such as the Blue Tit.  

Blue Tits just ooze character and cheekiness and the symmetry of their plumage is truly worthy of closer inspection.

                                    

                   The yellow patch above its beak is not aberrant plumage - it's pollen

                                                    I've got my eye on you