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Birds - Robin Page 17

Image Taken on 28 Jun 2013 at 15:03 Image of day on 11 Aug 2013

Robins are breeding all over the plot - we haven't looked for the nests but see all the activity we expect.
Any volunteers to be a little green grub - the favourite pick by the parents to feed to the nestlings.

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Image Taken on 14 Aug 2016 at 19:32 Image of day on 05 Oct 2016

Seeing this image made us realise that you rarely see a Robin's tail nicely spread like this.

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Image Taken on 05 Feb 2008 at 13:00 Image of day on 08 Mar 2008

The classic robin on the classic old tree stump.

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Image Taken on 26 Dec 2024 at 08:50 Image of day on 29 Jan 2025

Where there's Mud there's Grub.
A take on 'Where there's muck there's brass'.

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Image Taken on 04 Sep 2017 at 16:33 Image of day on 20 Oct 2017

Robins have done well this year. This little guy was watching us watching him from a rose bush.

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Image Taken on 04 Sep 2017 at 16:33 Image of day on 20 Oct 2017

Robins have done well this year. This little guy was watching us watching him from a rose bush.
Note the delicate grass stem gently pushing into his breast feathers.

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Image of day on 02 Jan 2006

We are delightfully 'infested' with robins. Looks like this one was auditioning for next year Xmas card.

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Image Taken on 19 Dec 2010 at 11:44 Image of day on 16 Feb 2011

The classic robin in snow image beloved by Christmas card designers - but for real.

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Image Taken on 01 Feb 2016 at 08:44 Image of day on 06 Mar 2016

Everywhere we go there is a Robin waiting expectantly for some corn. This bird, with no human present, is bending his ankles ready for launch.
If you don't believe that's the 'ankle' at the left bend of the leg, the 'knee' is hidden under the feathers. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird_anatomy

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Image Taken on 12 May 2012 at 18:01 Image of day on 16 Jun 2012

Robins everywhere, mostly as pristine as this one, but a few looking very much the losers of the many fights they engage in.

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Image Taken on 26 Mar 2022 at 08:43 Image of day on 23 Apr 2022

A weird moment as we spot what initially looks like a bird completely static in the middle of the sky! It turns out to the Robin perched on last years hedge growth that the flail managed to mostly strip of bark but not actually cut.
It must have been like this for months without us noticing.

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Image Taken on 18 Feb 2026 at 10:30 Image of day on 28 Mar 2026

Opposite the front door is this flailed hedge.
This Robin territory holder is already out and waiting for the 'corn scatterers'.

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Image Taken on 24 Apr 2015 at 11:22 Image of day on 13 Jun 2015

An unusual juxtaposition of Robin and Bluetit.
The legs of the Bluetit are well spread as if it was climbing up the side of the trunk.
We have no idea what happened next!

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Image Taken on 04 May 2015 at 09:44 Image of day on 27 Jun 2015

The posts supporting about 100 Lombardy Poplars along the farm road are starting to get used by the wildlife. We caught this robin stopping off for a moment presumably on his way back to the nest. Talk about 'overloaded'.

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Image Taken on 31 Jul 2010 at 09:12 Image of day on 15 Sep 2010

Next a young robin - "Hey - look at my new red feathers"

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Image Taken on 22 Feb 2010 at 14:59 Image of day on 27 Mar 2010

Later the same day with snow still about: "Stay off - this is my patch ..."

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Image Taken on 24 Nov 2022 at 12:38 Image of day on 25 Dec 2022

A Robin stopping for a moment on the tree-stump deep in the now far-from-dark woods. A Christmas day Robin - sans snow!

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Image Taken on 18 Jan 2024 at 16:08 Image of day on 13 Feb 2024

The Robin 'owner' of this part of our patch stops by the Tree-stump as the sun starts to set.

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Image Taken on 31 Jan 2019 at 17:03 Image of day on 02 Mar 2019

Here is the Tree-stump at the end of Thursday and first visitor on Friday morning. The east wind (from behind the camera) has stuck the snow on to the side this quite smooth wood.

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Image Taken on 29 Nov 2021 at 10:08 Image of day on 05 Jan 2022

A Robin in the snow - a living Christmas card (only a few days late)

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