{"id":23484,"date":"2023-01-11T10:14:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T09:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/?post_type=purple_issue&#038;p=23484"},"modified":"2023-01-12T10:23:06","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T09:23:06","slug":"room-to-grow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/2023\/01\/11\/room-to-grow\/","title":{"rendered":"Room to grow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center sans-serif intro\">Long-tailed tits are master builders that create flexible nests <\/p>\n\n<div class=\"no-tts wp-block-image article-in-image photo\"><figure class=\"no-tts aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1593\" height=\"1566\" src=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/12\/3be3f085-e5e4-4af4-ac2a-8e61ac96ccac.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-tts wp-image-23483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/12\/3be3f085-e5e4-4af4-ac2a-8e61ac96ccac.jpg 1593w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/12\/3be3f085-e5e4-4af4-ac2a-8e61ac96ccac-300x295.jpg 300w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/12\/3be3f085-e5e4-4af4-ac2a-8e61ac96ccac-1024x1007.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/12\/3be3f085-e5e4-4af4-ac2a-8e61ac96ccac-768x755.jpg 768w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/12\/3be3f085-e5e4-4af4-ac2a-8e61ac96ccac-1536x1510.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1593px) 100vw, 1593px\" \/><figcaption>A long-tailed tit works on its impressive nest, built to house a large family <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif dropcap\">ONE OF THE FIRST BIRDS YOU\u2019RE LIKELY to see gathering nesting material each year is the long-tailed tit. The female will usually be on a clutch of between eight to 12 eggs by March, or early April further north, but before that the extraordinary nest has to be made. Construction takes up to three weeks, longer than in most other small songbirds, and the male and female work as a team. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">They select a site low down in a thorny bush or hedge or hidden among the tangled stems of a rose or some other climbing plant, then start to weave an oval-shaped ball from moss, adding a small entrance near the top. They cover the structure in crusty grey lichen for camouflage, line it with thousands of tiny white down feathers \u2013 as many as 1,500 \u2013 and bind it all together with spider silk. A masterpiece!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">But the most remarkable thing about this nest is that it is expandable, so it bulges to accommodate the growing brood. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"sans-serif article-byline\"><strong>BH <\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"footer\">PHOTO: TIT: ROBIN CHITTENDEN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Long-tailed tits are master builders that create flexible nests ONE OF THE FIRST BIRDS YOU\u2019RE LIKELY to see gathering nesting material each year is the long-tailed tit. The female will usually be on a clutch of between eight to 12 eggs by March, or early April further north, but before that the extraordinary nest has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":23483,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ub_ctt_via":"","purple_page_number":"30","purple_custom_meta_purple_page_number":"30","purple_seq_number":"1","purple_custom_meta_purple_seq_number":"1","purple_source_article":"article_30-1.xml","purple_custom_meta_purple_source_article":"article_30-1.xml","purple_source_issue":"February-2023","purple_custom_meta_purple_source_issue":"February-2023","purple_external_id":"February-2023-30-1","purple_custom_meta_purple_external_id":"February-2023-30-1","purple_issue_code":"|0000087240||","purple_custom_meta_purple_issue_code":"|0000087240||","purple_android_product":"com.im.wildlife.500","purple_custom_meta_purple_android_product":"com.im.wildlife.500","purple_ios_product":"com.im.wildlife.500","purple_custom_meta_purple_ios_product":"com.im.wildlife.500","purple_web_product":"","purple_custom_meta_purple_web_product":"","purple_publication_id":"58d61955-0ac4-406c-83f1-ab6f21d86b70","purple_migrated":"","kt_blocks_editor_width":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"2023-01-12T09:18:18Z","apple_news_article-theme":"","apple_news_api_id":"c75b8220-2d78-45a6-a3dc-30ca635a685a","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2023-01-12T09:23:11Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/Ax1uCIC14Raaj3DDKY1poWg","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":true,"apple_news_is_preview":true,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_article_theme":"","apple_news_sections":"[]"},"categories":[25],"tags":[14],"apple_news_notices":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/12\/3be3f085-e5e4-4af4-ac2a-8e61ac96ccac.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"< 1","apple_news_title":""},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/12\/3be3f085-e5e4-4af4-ac2a-8e61ac96ccac.jpg",1593,1566,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/12\/3be3f085-e5e4-4af4-ac2a-8e61ac96ccac-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/12\/3be3f085-e5e4-4af4-ac2a-8e61ac96ccac-300x295.jpg",300,295,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/12\/3be3f085-e5e4-4af4-ac2a-8e61ac96ccac-768x755.jpg",768,755,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/12\/3be3f085-e5e4-4af4-ac2a-8e61ac96ccac-1024x1007.jpg",800,787,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/12\/3be3f085-e5e4-4af4-ac2a-8e61ac96ccac-1536x1510.jpg",1536,1510,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/12\/3be3f085-e5e4-4af4-ac2a-8e61ac96ccac.jpg",1593,1566,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Long-tailed tits are master builders that create flexible nests ONE OF THE FIRST BIRDS YOU\u2019RE LIKELY to see gathering nesting material each year is the long-tailed tit. 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