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On the subject of Coal Tits , they're common enough birds seen wherever there are feeding stations including my own garden , but usually only in small numbers ie two or three. On a recent trip to Broomhead Reservoir in Yorkshire to see Crossbills we were amazed to see Coalies out numbering Blue and Great Tits combined by three to one. We reckoned there must have been forty around the feeders there.
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