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    Foulshaw Moss Nature Reserve with cottongrass in the foreground. © Bex Lynam

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Tits, crests & warblers

Blue tit © Jon Hawkins – Surrey Hills Photography

Tits, crests and warblers

A yellow-browed warbler perched on a twig, poised to take off. It's a small warbler with a whitish belly and mossy green back, with a bright yellow stripe over the eye

Yellow-browed warbler

Grasshopper warbler

Grasshopper warbler

Firecrest

Firecrest

Bearded tit

Bearded tit

Willow tit

Willow tit

Marsh tit

Marsh tit

Goldcrest

Goldcrest

Blackcap male

Blackcap

Garden warbler

Garden warbler

Whitethroat

Whitethroat

Lesser whitethroat

Lesser whitethroat

Sedge warbler

Sedge warbler

Reed warbler

Reed warbler

Cetti's warbler

Cetti's warbler

Wood warbler

Wood warbler

Great tit

Great tit

Willow warbler

Willow warbler

Blue tit

Blue tit

Chiffchaff

Chiffchaff

Coal tit

Coal tit

Dartford warbler

Dartford warbler

Long-tailed tit

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