Great Tit

The great tit is large for a tit at 12.5–14 centimetres and easy to recognise. The nominate race has a bluish-black crown, black neck, throat, bib and head, and white cheeks and ear coverts. The breast is bright lemon-yellow, with a broad black stripe running from the bib to the vent, and there is a dull white spot on the neck turning greenish yellow on the upper nape. The back is olive-tinged green, and the wing is bluish-grey with a white wing-bar. (Wikipedia, general species account)

The great tit is widespread and common through Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia as far east as the Amur River, and generally resident in any sort of woodland. Most birds do not migrate except in extremely harsh winters. Fifteen subspecies are recognised, and the nominate P. m. major occurs across much of Europe and Asia Minor, northern and eastern Kazakhstan, southern Siberia and northern Mongolia as far as the mid-Amur Valley. Since 2005 the southern Asian and East Asian forms have been split off as separate species. (Wikipedia, general species account)