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🦉 The Eurasian treecreeper or common treecreeper (Certhia familiaris)

• Certhia (Greek): kerthios - a small bird crawling through the trees, mentioned by Aristotle
• familiaris (lat.): common, easily recognizable

This small, agile bird, the size of a sparrow, is almost invisible on the tree bark, its mottled brown and white coloring perfectly camouflaging it among the cracks and lichens on the tree. Unlike nuthatches, this bird moves only up the trunk, in a spiral, examining every crack with a thin, curved beak.

It feeds exclusively on small invertebrates: it pulls spiders, beetle larvae and insect eggs from under the bark. In winter, it can supplement its diet with conifer seeds, but rarely.

Their voice is a quiet, high whistle. And it is this that most often gives away its presence, since the bird itself is difficult to see. It is found all year round, from autumn to spring they can be found in the company of other birds.