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Latin name: Certhia familiaris
Size: Approximately 13cm.
Distribution: Found throughout the UK.
Months seen: All year round.
Habitat: Parks and woodland
Food: Insects.
Special features: Treecreepers are so called because they are usually
seen walking up the trunks of trees, hunting for small insects in the bark.
They generally spiral up one tree in a jerky fashion, before jumping to the base
of the next tree and then spiral up that one. See
video clip (648KB - requires Windows Media Player).
The beak is quite long and thin, and curves downwards. The plumage is mainly
dappled brown above and white on the underparts.
Treecreepers usually nest in cracks in trees.
UK Safari Bird Section
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