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Image Taken on 08 Jan 2023 at 14:36    Image of day on 03 Feb 2023

Robin tries to chase away Great Tit


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Image Taken on 27 Feb 2022 at 16:50    Image of day on 27 Mar 2022

The Robin dives down at the threatening male Chaffinch, both atypically in accurate focus.


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Image Taken on 15 Feb 2008 at 13:52    Image of day on 15 Mar 2008

We sometimes see a robin hovering over water to pick off floating food. While testing a setup to photograph this (even though it was icy when they just land!) happy chance got this. The unusual look isn't flash - light reflecting off ice has strange effects.


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Image Taken on 06 Jan 2023 at 16:43    Image of day on 03 Feb 2023

A Robin perhaps a metre above the hedge bottom aerobraking to land.


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Image Taken on 14 Nov 2015 at 08:54    Image of day on 27 Dec 2015

3 images of a (possibly just one individual) Robin maneuvering in the air over the perch. 3 moments over 100 minutes arranged for artistic effect.
Don't interpret this as a 'bird in flight accurate montage'!


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Image Taken on 01 Mar 2018 at 13:35    Image of day on 10 Apr 2018

Robins are basically aggressive birds who suppress antagonism to their breeding partner for a few months of family raising. So this is presumably an extra-family affair as these two Robins squabble over who 'owns' the bird table.


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Image Taken on 18 Dec 2011 at 09:00    Image of day on 21 Jan 2012

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Image Taken on 26 May 2011 at 19:19    Image of day on 21 Jun 2011

The Robin wants exactly the place the male chaffinch is occupying - of course!


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Image Taken on 26 May 2011 at 19:19    Image of day on 21 Jun 2011

The Robin is unusually sharp, so lets enjoy a close-up


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Image Taken on 15 Nov 2023 at 15:01    Image of day on 26 Dec 2023

A Robin twists in flight to try to remove the Great Tit already on the Kitchen Bird table. It looks like the Tit is altogether ready to defend their position.


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Image Taken on 02 Jan 2013 at 11:50    Image of day on 31 Jan 2013

The apparently joyous faces are at odds with the reality. Both birds want control of the perch to the peanuts out of frame to the left.


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Image Taken on 15 May 2006 at 06:14    Image of day on 25 May 2006

The delivery flight for the 06:15 breakfast of green caterpillars to a nestful of youngsters we know not where - there are lots of good places to nest.


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Image Taken on 24 Jul 2008 at 05:41    Image of day on 08 Aug 2008

Continuing our unintentional 'birds twisting in flight' sequence, this young robin's body is almost inverted with head almost vertical.
'Look mum - upside down flying - ouch'.


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Image Taken on 08 Jul 2025 at 13:08    Image of day on 24 Aug 2025

This Robin flies from the top bar of the souther railings, complete with a light green caterpillar in their beak.


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Image of day on 07 Oct 2005

Make up your own story ...


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Image Taken on 13 Dec 2007 at 08:18    Image of day on 15 Jan 2008

Brrr!


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Image Taken on 03 Apr 2022 at 09:21    Image of day on 03 May 2022

A Robin perched in a Hawthorn hedge whose leaves are just starting to emerge.


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Image Taken on 05 Dec 2016 at 07:20    Image of day on 13 Jan 2017

Robin. Frost. Brrr


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Image Taken on 22 Dec 2018 at 10:27    Image of day on 25 Jan 2019

A Robin in a more natural setting.
The birds don't care whether natural or man-made so long as the humans they are following provide some grub! Come to think of it, is a human planted hedge man-made or not. We think not.


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Image Taken on 19 Nov 2018 at 09:59    Image of day on 04 Jan 2019

The Robins are all back to being as friendly as they dare - buttering up the humans in the hope of the hand-out.


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