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Marsh Tit (Poecile palustris)Where and when to see it in the UK

Resident · reporting peaks January to March · Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice · BOU category A

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

Marsh Tit (Poecile palustris)
Stephan Sprinz, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Peak months
Marsh Tit: relative reporting rate by 10 km square, September

Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (grid squares, place names from OS Open Names). Northern Ireland place names: OSNI Open Data, OGL v3.0. County and country boundaries: Office for National Statistics, Open Government Licence v3.0. Coastline: Natural Earth. Bird records from the data partners listed here.

Marsh Tit has been recorded in 1,216 of the 2,971 10 km squares covering UK land (41%) in records to 2026. Resident in the UK. Its strongest squares are in England, Wales and Scotland. Reporting peaks in January to March.

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN Red List, LC)
View on the IUCN Red List
Relative to this species' best squares (how classes are calculated)
Very high
30% or more of visits
High
8% to 30%
Moderate
2% to 8%
Low
under 2%
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
MonthRelative to peakShare of visitsTypical class
January 95%3%Very high
February 100%3%Very high
March 88%3%Very high
April 54%2%Very high
May 41%1%Low
June 41%1%Moderate
July 43%1%Very high
August 52%2%Very high
September 41%1%Very high
October 54%2%Very high
November 75%2%Very high
December 80%2%Very high

Squares with the highest reporting rate in January

SquareWhereShare of visitsClass
NU10Northumberland, England100%Very high
NU20Northumberland, England100%Very high
NY87Northumberland, England100%Very high
NZ26Newcastle upon Tyne, England100%Very high
NZ32County Durham, England100%Very high
SD48Westmorland and Furness, England100%Very high
SD52Lancashire, England100%Very high
SD55Lancashire, England100%Very high
SE19North Yorkshire, England100%Very high
SE24Leeds, England100%Very high

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