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Great Tit fine-art print in the Audubon tradition. The most studied garden bird in Europe, drawn on archival Hahnemuhle cotton rag.
Each print is made to order. You can cancel within 12 hours of ordering, after which it goes into production and cannot be cancelled. Secure checkout via Stripe.
Printed on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 308gsm.
The Great Tit (Parus major) is the most studied bird in Europe. Long-running research at Wytham Woods in Oxfordshire - where every nestling has been individually marked since 1947 - has made it one of the most genetically and behaviourally understood vertebrates on earth. What that research established is not a simple picture of a simple bird. Great Tit breeding timing, clutch size, and survival are individually variable in ways that track climate conditions across decades.
The field marks are straightforward: a glossy black head with white cheek patches, a yellow breast bisected by a central black stripe, a green back. The width of the central breast stripe varies with sex and condition - dominant males show the widest stripe. It is the most reliable quick-identification feature after the head pattern.
The Audubon plate shows the bird in the posture it favours on a suet cage: facing slightly downward, breast fully visible, the black head contrasting with white cheeks. The yellow and black of the breast read clearly at distance, which is why this is one of the first garden birds most people learn by sight.
Unframed prints come on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 308gsm, a heavyweight cotton rag with a soft matte surface and true archival life. The surface holds fine lines and subtle colour gradients without glare, which matters for Audubon-tradition work where the cream ground needs to read as paper, not as a white field. The framed option is set in a classic moulding, glazed and ready to hang, in black, white or natural.
Three sizes: 8x10, 16x20 and 24x30 inches, or an instant digital download at $9. Prints from $39. Framed from $99.
Each print is made to order through our global print partner and shipped from the production lab nearest you - allow a few days for printing plus local tracked delivery.
Each print is made to order. You can change or cancel it within 12 hours of ordering. After that it goes into production and can no longer be cancelled, though we will always put right anything that arrives damaged.
The available sizes (up to 24x30 inches) and any framed finishes are shown above. Choose yours before checkout.
Yes - each print is sized to fit standard frames. Framed finishes are offered on many prints.
Because each print is made to order, contact us within 14 days of delivery and we will put it right.
