File:Синиця велика (Parus major) готується до створення гнізда.jpg

English: The great tit (Parus major) is a small bird of the titmouse family. A common sedentary species in Ukraine. The size of a sparrow. Body weight is 16-21 g, body length is about 14 cm. An adult male has white cheeks; a small yellowish spot on the back of the head; other plumage of the head, throat, a wide stripe in the middle of the ox, breast, belly and tail are black, on the head with a gloss; back olive-green; upper tail gray; a white stripe on the bluish-gray cover feathers of the wing; head, chest and abdomen are bright yellow; flight feathers are brown, with a yellowish border; the central pair of sternal feathers is blue-gray, the outermost pair is white, the others are grayish-brown, with an admixture of white on the penultimate few feathers; beak black; legs dark gray. In an adult female, the black stripe on the chest and abdomen is much narrower; the yellow color in the plumage is often paler. The young bird is duller; a narrow dark gray stripe only on the throat, vole and breast.

It settles in the most diverse biotopes, especially during seasonal migrations — from coastal thickets of reeds and cattails — to the inner quarters of old forests;  in winter, it often visits places of artificial feeding in populated areas in flocks of other types of tit.
It nests in holes or birdhouses, sometimes in burrows, cracks in buildings, old nests of large birds.  The nest is built from roots, blades of grass, moss, lining with fur and feathers.

This little tit was photographed on the afternoon of May 1, 2022, in the Shevchenko Garden in Kharkiv.

English: The great tit (Parus major) is preparing to build a nest