Natural England Funded Development of a National Willow Tit Recovery Strategy
Natural England funded a 2026–2029 project to build a national recovery strategy for willow tit across several English…
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Mean Eurasian Blue Tit Winter Count Rose Fourfold in Finnish Urban Survey Plots
Across 31 Finnish settlements, mean Eurasian blue tit counts rose from 2.8 birds per standardised urban plot in…
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Wet Willow Wildlife Improved 51 Hectares of Wet Woodland and Connected 632 Hectares
The two-year Wet Willow Wildlife project in northwest England improved 51 hectares of wet woodland, increased connectivity across…
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Pine Mires Stood Out as Early-Spring Habitat for Willow Tits in Managed Finnish Forests
Passive acoustic monitoring at 285 forest sites in southwestern Finland found willow tits consistently associated with pine mires…
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Willow Tit’s Three Major Genomic Lineages Closely Matched Its Main Song Types
Whole-genome data from 88 willow tits representing all 14 subspecies revealed three major Palearctic genomic lineages whose broad…
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Willow Tits Used Mobbing-Like Calls When Approaching Visually Obstructed Feeders
A 2026 experiment with 44 willow tits in 11 winter flocks found mobbing-like call features during approaches to…
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Review Links Willow Tit Decline to Loss of Key Forest Habitat Features
A 2026 review identifies understorey, decaying wood, moisture, forest continuity and old-growth features as important for willow tits,…
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Thinning Reduced Nestling Performance in Eurasian Blue Tits and Great Tits While Clear-cuts Lowered Willow Tit Recruitment
Long-term data from Oulu linked thinning with poorer survival and growth of Eurasian blue tit and great tit…
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Willow and Marsh Tit Groups Shared Gene-flow Barriers in China but Used Different Climatic Niches
Whole-genome data from 60 birds showed two broadly matching barriers to gene flow in the willow- and marsh-tit…
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Willow Tits Were Still Detected in Woodlands Farther From Major Roads in South Yorkshire
Across 15 South Yorkshire woodlands where willow tits had recently occurred, sites with detections lay on average 295.2…
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Willow Tits Were Much Less Likely to Be Recorded Beyond 50 Metres From Green Corridors in Oulu
Across 153 forest patches in Oulu, willow tits were much less likely to be recorded once patches lay…
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