Chris Gomersall / Bearded tit or bearded reedling (Panurus biarmicus) adult male perched on common reed (Phragmites australis). Norfolk, England. February

Johannes Melchers/ BIA / Bearded Tit (Panurus biarmicus) male, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

Volker Lautenbach/ BIA / Bearded Tit (Panurus biarmicus) male, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

Martin Grimm/ BIA / Bearded Tit (Panurus biarmicus) male, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Bearded reedling or Bearded tit (Panurus biarmicus) male in reeds, Qai Dam Basin, Tibetan Plateau, Qinghai, China

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Bearded reedling or Bearded tit (Panurus biarmicus) male in reeds, Qai Dam Basin, Tibetan Plateau, Qinghai, China

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Bearded reedling or Bearded tit (Panurus biarmicus) female in reeds, Qai Dam Basin, Tibetan Plateau, Qinghai, China

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Bearded reedling or Bearded tit (Panurus biarmicus) male in reeds, Qai Dam Basin, Tibetan Plateau, Qinghai, China

Holger Duty/ BIA / Bearded Tit (Panurus biarmicus) male, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

Jussi Murtosaari / Bearded reedling / tit (Panurus biarmicus), male in snow, Finland, March.

Jussi Murtosaari / Bearded reedling / tit (Panurus biarmicus), male, Finland, March.

Ingo Arndt / Bearded Tit (Panurus biarmicus) perching on reeds, Germany, October.