Fanning its wings

A clutch of long-tailed tits whizzed down to feed off the suet pellets in the feeder outside the dining room. As usual they were passing by, and only stayed for a couple of minutes. I counted twelve of them twittering together around the mesh at one point.

This tit perched on a metal stake in one of the big pot plants outside this sliding patio door, then bounced down onto the trellis before diving further towards some stone floor.  I don't understand why it did so as it plainly had a good mouthful of pellets already. I couldn't resist the fanned feathers even though the speed of its wings were too quick for my shutter.