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The UK Bird Atlas

Bearded Tit (Panurus biarmicus)Where and when to see it in the UK

Resident · reporting peaks October · Reedling · BOU category A

Records to 2026-08-16 · build 2026-08-31

Bearded Tit (Panurus biarmicus)
Martin Mecnarowski (http://www.photomecan.eu/), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Peak months
Bearded Tit: relative reporting rate by 10 km square, September

Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (grid squares, place names from OS Open Names). Northern Ireland place names: OSNI Open Data, OGL v3.0. County and country boundaries: Office for National Statistics, Open Government Licence v3.0. Coastline: Natural Earth. Bird records from the data partners listed here.

Bearded Tit has been recorded in 314 of the 2,971 10 km squares covering UK land (11%) in records to 2026. Resident in the UK. Its strongest squares are in England, Wales and Scotland. Reporting peaks in October.

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN Red List, LC)
View on the IUCN Red List
Relative to this species' best squares (how classes are calculated)
Very high
19% or more of visits
High
6% to 19%
Moderate
1% to 6%
Low
under 1%
Surveyed, not recorded
at least 20 qualifying visits, no record
Insufficient records
too few visits to say
Lighter fill
Few visits, lower confidence
Small dot
Occasional: a single record, or out of season

Seasonality

Reporting rate by month, relative to the peak month
MonthRelative to peakShare of visitsTypical class
January 42%<1%Low
February 32%<1%Moderate
March 35%<1%Very high
April 57%1%Low
May 74%2%Low
June 64%2%Very high
July 75%2%Very high
August 66%2%High
September 77%2%Moderate
October 100%2%Very high
November 57%1%High
December 42%<1%High

Squares with the highest reporting rate in October

SquareWhereShare of visitsClass
NT48East Lothian, Scotland100%Very high
NU14Northumberland, England100%Very high
SD32Lancashire, England100%Very high
SD33Lancashire, England100%Very high
SD41Lancashire, England100%Very high
SD57Lancashire, England100%Very high
SE31Wakefield, England100%Very high
SE36North Yorkshire, England100%Very high
SE81North Lincolnshire, England100%Very high
SJ27Flintshire, Wales100%Very high

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