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Willow Tit (Poecile montanus)Where and when to see it in the UK

Resident · reporting peaks January to March · Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice · BOU category A

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

Willow Tit (Poecile montanus)
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Peak months
Willow 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.

Willow Tit has been recorded in 664 of the 2,971 10 km squares covering UK land (22%) in records to 2026. Resident in the UK. Its strongest squares are in England, Wales and Scotland. Reporting peaks in January to March.

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
100% or more of visits
High
8% to 100%
Moderate
2% to 8%
Low
under 2%
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 100%<1%Very high
February 92%<1%Very high
March 87%<1%Very high
April 64%<1%Very high
May 33%<1%Low
June 28%<1%Very high
July 42%<1%Very high
August 55%<1%Very high
September 57%<1%Very high
October 58%<1%Very high
November 85%<1%Very high
December 81%<1%Very high

Squares with the highest reporting rate in January

SquareWhereShare of visitsClass
NY85Northumberland, England100%Very high
NZ26Newcastle upon Tyne, England100%Very high
NZ44County Durham, England100%Very high
SD33Lancashire, England100%Very high
SD34Lancashire, England100%Very high
SD43Lancashire, England100%Very high
SD51Lancashire, England100%Very high
SD52Lancashire, England100%Very high
SD53Lancashire, England100%Very high
SD81Rochdale, England100%Very high

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