This is an impressive study of one of our most familiar yet most fascinating birds. It will certainly appeal to the professional ecologist but the general reader and amateur birdwatcher will find many revealing insights here too.

Andy Stoddart, Rare Bird Alert

I was really looking forward to the publication of this monograph and certainly wasn't disappointed ... With newly fledged Blue Tits filling the woodland air with their squeaky contact calls, perhaps now is the time to become much better acquainted with the ecology of one of our best-loved species? You could do little better than to immerse yourself in a copy of this incredibly detailed and well-researched book.

BTO News

Packed with information but written in a friendly style that demonstrates the author's real affection for the species ... at last, one of our commonest birds has been given the treatment that it deserves!

British Wildlife

This deceptively slim volume packs a mass of information about one of our most familiar birds into its pages.

British Birds