A Year in the Valley

The tallest trees in our watermeadow are the sea buckthorn and the ‘tall’ willow.  From these trees different species of tit fly up the garden to the willow near the house and the bird feeders.  I wondered whether the paler bird was a coal tit, but I think these are a pair of great tits, as there are hints of green and yellow on the duller one, and female great tits have a duller colouring and thinner belly stripe.  A coal tit would tend to grey and beige alongside the black and white facial markings.