The Long-tailed Tit is a small bird with a very long tail and is not a member of the Tit family like its name suggests. It is a member of the ‘Aegithalidae’ family which include birds with medium-long to long tails. It can be found throughout England in deciduous woodlands and farmlands with lots of hedgerows. It is not a regular visitor to gardens, but it will visit gardens that have lots of bushes and trees. It has a loud twittering trill-like song which is very rarely heard.

The Long-tailed Tit is a very small round-looking bird with a long black-grey tail which has white outer feathers. It has pinky coloured shoulders and belly and a white chest. The top part of its head is white which is bordered on either side by a black stripe. It has a very short black bill and two black eyes with red eye rings.

Long-tailed Tits are very active birds that seem to move constantly in trees and bushes searching for food. Like other tits, they can also hang upside down to take food from under leaves. They mainly eat insects, larvae, seeds and they also take food from bird tables every now and again.