What Do Blue Tits Eat?
Blue tits love to eat caterpillars and other insects, as well as fruit and seeds!
With their lively behavior and distinctive appearance, blue tits are a fan favorite among birdwatchers and nature enthusiasts. In the winter, they flock together to search for food! Draw them to your garden with a few tasty treats.
Though they eat a lot of insects in the wild, blue tits enjoy a wide range of bird food, like fat balls, sunflower hearts, and peanuts. Browse our range of feeders and food for blue tits below and watch these lively little birds flourish in your garden!
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Super Suet Fat Balls - With Insect 
Seed and Suet Combo™ 
Premium Sunflower Hearts for Birds 
Premium Peanuts Blue Tit Feeders
Gardman Flip Top Seed Feeder 
Peckish All Weather Sunflower Heart Feeder 
Small Globe Fat Ball Feeder 
Premium Suet Feeder About Blue Tits
Blue tits are very timid animals so don't feel down if it takes a while for them to start showing up in your garden. The best way to attract blue tits to your feeding stations is by providing a good selection of blue tit bird food!
Here are some interesting blue tit facts to consider while you wait for these feathered friends to join your flock:
- A blue tit egg weighs 1 gram, a tenth of its mother's total body weight.
- Blue tits are very agile and hyperactive birds, sometimes they have even been seen hanging upside down from feeders as they eat!
- Blue tits are quite happy to nest anywhere they can fit. They have even been found nesting inside bins, street lamps and cracks in the sides of buildings.
- Blue tits are one of the few bird species known to be able to open milk bottles!
Blue Tit FAQs
- What is the lifespan of a blue tit?
In the wild, blue tits can live for several years, but the average lifespan is around 1 to 3 years. The oldest recorded blue tit lived to be over 10 years old!
- How can you tell a male blue tit from a female?
- Where do blue tits live?
