'Early birds' find worms for dinner

Birds, such as great and blue tits, search for food in the morning but only return to eat it in late afternoon, scientists have found.

The team believe the behaviour maximises their chances of avoiding predators during the day without starving to death overnight.

Researchers from the University of Oxford tracked the birds' winter foraging movements using tiny tags.

All five of the studied species of songbirds behaved in the same way.

The results are published in the Royal Society journal Biology Letters.

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