I just photographed this bird in my garden in Surrey on 23rd January 2021. I've had four different suggestions as to what it is:
1. A Great Tit that has been in a fight or is moulting (though that would be odd at this time of year)
2. A Blue Tit but with a facial deformity of some sort.
4. A Crested Tit
3. A cross breed of some sort.
Does anyone have an identification they're confident about? Never seen this bird before and am intrigued. We get hordes of Great Tits, some Long-Tailed Tits, the occasional Blue Tit and Coal Tit.
Thanks in anticipation
Our herring gulls are red listed birds. Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.