He looks like he's been rubbing his face on a piece of coal. I wonder if the young have different colouring - maybe his juvenile feathers are falling out. I google 'great tit grubby face'. The second hit:
"LINDSAY LOHAN POSES NAKED FOR NEW YORK MAGAZINE ... Great tits!!!!! goldensunn said. ... Grubby tart. Needs a wash in mineral turps to get all that slap off her face."