Crested Tit (Lophophanes cristatus)Where and when to see it in the UK

Resident · reporting peaks June · Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice · BOU category A

Records to 2026-08-16 · build 2026-08-31

Carlos Delgado, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Peak months

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Crested Tit has been recorded in 72 of the 2,971 10 km squares covering UK land (2%) in records to 2026. Resident in the UK. Its strongest squares are in Scotland and England. Reporting peaks in June.

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN Red List, LC)

View on the IUCN Red List

Very high: 29% or more of visits
High: 10% to 29%
Moderate: 4% to 10%
Low: under 4%
Surveyed, not recorded: at least 20 qualifying visits, no record
Insufficient records: too few visits to say
Lighter fill: Few visits, lower confidence
Small dot: Occasional: a single record, or out of season

Seasonality

Reporting rate by month, relative to the peak month
Month	Relative to peak	Share of visits	Typical class
January	41%	<1%	Very high
February	57%	<1%	Very high
March	32%	<1%	Very high
April	48%	<1%	Very high
May	49%	<1%	Low
June	100%	<1%	Low
July	81%	<1%	High
August	61%	<1%	High
September	60%	<1%	Low
October	41%	<1%	High
November	42%	<1%	Very high
December	38%	<1%	Very high

Squares with the highest reporting rate in June

Square	Where	Share of visits	Class
NH84	Highland, Scotland	100%	Very high
NH91	Highland, Scotland	31%	Very high
NJ01	Highland, Scotland	29%	High
NJ16	Moray, Scotland	17%	High
NH96	Moray, Scotland	16%	High
NO09	Aberdeenshire, Scotland	13%	High
NH80	Highland, Scotland	13%	High
NN89	Highland, Scotland	12%	High
NH90	Highland, Scotland	12%	High
NH22	Highland, Scotland	10%	High