No silver lining: Great tits under threat from global warming

Weather fluctuations and extremes caused by global warming can have disastrous impacts on great tit nestling growth and chick survival, researchers have found

The great tit is easily recognised, with white cheeks, a black bib, and a black crown. The breast is yellow, the upper plumage greenish.

When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers - Oscar Wilde

Every cloud has a silver lining; even global warming benefits some creatures. Could climate change answer a great tit’s prayers; nesting begins earlier because of it, an apparent blessing? But there’s a downside, as recent research at the University of Oxford shows.