Bearded Tit Panurus Biarmicus

Bearded reedling is another name used for this astonishing bird. It has been grouped with babblers and parrotbills and now finally actually belongs in its own Genre Panuridae, it is actually not a tit at all. It will feed on insects but has to change its diet in the winter and converts to eating the reed seeds where it lives. I have been told that a good time to see these secretive birds is in September when they come out of the reeds in search for grit to grind down the seeds in their crop