A Bearded Conundrum......

Happy New Year all,

Looks like I qualified for this year's tournament by the skin o' me teeth.

Anyway, Bearded Tits-

As a regular visitor to Broom GPs, I fequently look for Bearded Tits in areas that shall not be named in this post.

The question is this-

Having found 2 Bearded Tits today, but not during a handful of recent visits either by myself or other regulars. Is there are chance these birds..............

(a) .........are resident and have evaded attempts to see them since 27th November last year?

(b) .........are different birds that have just found themselves here having dispersed from elsewhere?

Although I had fleeting glimpses of 2 birds together, I suspect there could be more as I could hear calling from different areas of the site at various times. So with that in mind-

(c) Can I have it?

M

Beardies..............

It was finally my turn! After creeping round the G&M Pits at Broom and expecting nothing, two very showy birds appeared on the top of the reeds and then perched within 10 ft of me in some nearby Sallows. About time...............

Photo courtesy of (Jammy) Jim.

Bearded Tit again

Had a couple of days off so have done some poking around the brick pits amongst other things, hoping to add a wind blown duck or something to the list which did not happen.
First added Bearded Tit to the SFYL 2012 on when surprisingly saw a male in flight and heard another while looking for warblers in April, then found again with more birds in October.  Now guaranteeing that I have used up all my Bearded Tit-finding-luck in one SFYL year, found another yesterday in one of the private pits (clue 1953).