This is the Long-tailed Tit – The Tiny Feathered Comet
With a fluffy white head, soft pinkish belly, and an impossibly long tail that seems to drag behind it like a comet’s tail, the Long-tailed Tit is a pint-sized bundle of energy. Found across Europe and parts of Asia, it zooms through woodlands and gardens in tight-knit flocks like a tiny, feathered flash mob.
Despite its small size, this bird is a social powerhouse. They huddle together in cold weather to keep warm and cooperate to raise their young, with helpers sometimes pitching in to feed chicks that aren’t even their own.
They build incredible, globe-shaped nests made from moss, spider silk, and feathers — stretchy and soft, almost like a tiny sleeping bag for their babies.
Playful, agile, and endlessly charming, the Long-tailed Tit proves that great things really do come in small, long-tailed packages.