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Image Taken on 05 Mar 2022 at 15:25    Image of day on 04 Apr 2022

A perky Robin.
Here you see clearly how thin the legs are compared to their rotund little bodies.


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Image Taken on 30 Dec 2007 at 13:40    Image of day on 31 Jan 2008

A robin getting down to a serious attack on the peanut grounds.


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Image Taken on 12 Jun 2018 at 17:44    Image of day on 27 Jul 2018

A lovely grumpy looking Robin youngster - the first of 2018.


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Image Taken on 15 Jun 2007 at 18:06    Image of day on 30 Jun 2007

As we brushed by a hedge this drenched robin fledgling hopped out and crouched not knowing what to do next. We moved away and a parent came down to guide it to safety.


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Image Taken on 31 Jan 2018 at 07:21    Image of day on 02 Mar 2018

We adore our foxes, but really think this one arriving at the site in the rain shows a real sense of menace. The wise prompt exit by the Robin undoubtedly triggers the photo of this fox which is some 3 metres behind the camera's infra-red trigger beam and focus line.


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Image Taken on 04 Aug 2018 at 18:20    Image of day on 29 Sep 2018

An adult Robin banks across the photo site with some tiny morsel in the tip of the beak. What a mess a season of breeding makes of the once pristine feathers.


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Image Taken on 27 Dec 2012 at 15:31    Image of day on 29 Jan 2013

Greenfinches generally win territorial disputes against robins, but being airborne gives the robin some advantage. Just about even then - both birds decide the other one should be ignored (for now).


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Image Taken on 13 May 2018 at 14:10    Image of day on 30 Jun 2018

A Robin in a hurry with youngsters to feed a worm that looks rather large for a comparatively small bird. No doubt to be reduced to 'swallow' sized pieces.


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Image Taken on 20 Feb 2023 at 14:26    Image of day on 23 Mar 2023

A few minutes later the brave Robin flies off with his prize.


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Image Taken on 12 Dec 2008 at 10:39    Image of day on 01 Jan 2009

Robins appear wherever we go. We like the Joie-de-vie with which this one is carrying off a single corn grain - something to emulate for the new year.


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Image Taken on 12 Aug 2020 at 18:48    Image of day on 18 Sep 2020

... its an attack on the male Chaffinch standing innocently on the stone.


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Image Taken on 08 Feb 2013 at 16:10    Image of day on 23 Mar 2013

A Blue tit ABOUT to get an unpleasant greeting from the arriving Robin?


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Image Taken on 18 Dec 2010 at 15:58    Image of day on 15 Feb 2011

Snow and continuous below freezing temperatures create unusual behavior & photographs. Here a Robin homing in on the feeder despite, or perhaps because of, the awful conditions.


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Image Taken on 18 Mar 2007 at 17:51    Image of day on 07 Apr 2007

A robin coming in to land on the end of the log.


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Image Taken on 07 Sep 2015 at 09:41    Image of day on 10 Nov 2015

An unusually clear image of a Robin flying to the peanut feeder. Robins are not very good at hanging feeders, but manage just fine at the big one sitting on the flat table just to the right of the frame.


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Image Taken on 15 Oct 2015 at 15:55    Image of day on 09 Dec 2015

The great Tit on the perch looks like he is fed-up with the robin taking over the peanuts, and is ready (or at least pretending to be ready) to defend it's position.


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Image Taken on 12 Aug 2020 at 18:48    Image of day on 18 Sep 2020

This juvenile Robin has not been visiting the site to show his developing red breast. but here looks full of 'joy' and anticipation as the bird flies into the site.
But no, ...


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Image Taken on 27 Oct 2007 at 16:25    Image of day on 30 Nov 2007

We would love to run a 'what happened next' competition, but we have no idea what did happen.


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Image Taken on 13 Apr 2012 at 20:17    Image of day on 14 May 2012

In the last of the daylight this late robin scare the s... out of the early emergent fieldmouse (wood mouse).


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Image Taken on 03 Jul 2013 at 03:59    Image of day on 11 Aug 2013

Notice the shadow cast by this juvenile robin on the pine cone & ground


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