The long-tailed tit – successful, adaptable, sociable, and oh so cute

This tiny ball of fluff with an impossibly long tail, has almost doubled in numbers since the 1980sA brief, high-pitched “see-see-see” sound, followed by the appearance of half-a-dozen tiny balls of fluff, each attached to what looks like a protruding stick. Then, more calls, as these flying lollipops flit from one tree to the next, pause, grab an invisible insect, and then move rapidly on.Encountering a flock of long-tailed tits on a frosty January day is always a delight. Few other