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Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus   [Linnaeus, 1758]
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Order: Passeriformes Family: Remizidae
BTO Codes: DT , PENTI EURING No: 14900
Number in Britain: 4 records/year
Conservation Status:
UK: Unlisted
European: Not a species of concern
Global: Least Concern
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Status in UK: (A)  Accidental
Subspecies: pendulinus recorded in Britain (of 12 subsp. in the world)
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Length: 11 cm Wingspan: 17 cm Weight: M/F: 10 g    
Scientific name from: Polish: remiz=penduline tit and L.: pendulus=hanging + -inus=possessing
World Distribution: Locally in Europe & c Asia
Habitat: Reedbed, marshes
Diet: Mostly larval insects and spiders, winter, also seeds (esp willow, poplar, reed)
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Records and Distribution
First Record: Humberside, 1966 (Raines, R.J. & Bell, A.A. 1967. British Birds 60:517-520)
Total Number of Records (1958-2004): 183 Summary of Records by Year
Most Likely to Occur in: Too few records
Most Recent County Records:
   Scotland: No Records
   North-east England: Cleveland , East Yorkshire (1989), North Yorkshire (1992),
   North-west England: Cheshire , Lancashire (2004),
   English Midlands: Northamptonshire , Nottinghamshire ,
   Eastern England: Bedfordshire , Cambridgeshire (1995), Essex (2004), Lincolnshire (2001), Norfolk (2001), Suffolk (2004),
   South-east England: Berkshire (1988), Hampshire , Isle of Wight , Kent (2003), Greater London (2004), East Sussex (2004), West Sussex (1994),
   South-west England: Cornwall (2004), Devon (2004), Dorset (2004), Somerset (1999), Isles of Scilly (1997),
   Wales: Anglesey (1992), Glamorgan (1997), Gwynedd (1981),
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Other Names
Eurasian Penduline Tit
Gaelic: Welsh: Titw Pendil
Danish: Pungmejse Dutch: Buidelmees
Finnish: Pussitiainen French: Mésange rémiz
German: Beutelmeise Hungarian: Függocinege
Icelandic: Pungmeisa Irish:
Italian: Pendolino Norwegian: Pungmeis
Polish: Remiz zwyczajny Portuguese: Chapim-de-faces-pretas
Spanish: Pájaro moscón Swedish: Pungmes
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These data should be cited as:
Robinson, R.A. (2005) BirdFacts: profiles of birds occurring in Britain & Ireland (v1.22, Oct 2008). BTO Research Report 407, BTO, Thetford (http://www.bto.org/birdfacts)

 

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