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Image Taken on 13 Jan 2009 at 10:24    Image of day on 01 Feb 2009

That's MY log ...


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Image Taken on 19 Jan 2015 at 08:55    Image of day on 04 Mar 2015

In the winter the sun streaks through the depleted leaf canopy to illuminate things that are dark all summer!


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Image Taken on 27 Jun 2006 at 04:17    Image of day on 03 Jul 2006

Carrying on the Robin-fest at the same site this youngster is already showing hints of red in the breast feathers.


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Image Taken on 01 Dec 2009 at 13:31    Image of day on 01 Jan 2010

A little joy for the start of a new year - may it rub off on you all.
There didn't seem to be any target for the song - maybe a little joie-de-vie brought about by the opportunity to get a full crop!


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Image of day on 04 Feb 2005

Robin singing (imagine the sound!) in a hedge top. Taken 23 Jan 2000 but just as relevant to today.


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Image Taken on 27 Feb 2020 at 15:55    Image of day on 23 Mar 2020

This Robin sings 'at us' from a branch near the house.
Sadly, most of the song is lost to our ageing ears.


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Image Taken on 10 May 2020 at 06:53    Image of day on 06 Jun 2020

High in a partially dead Pear tree this Robin sings to everybody near and far.


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Image Taken on 09 Jan 2013 at 09:53    Image of day on 02 Feb 2013

The Robin can see Spring on its way.
From the top of this conifer the song was echoing off the garage. We are amazed how open the beak is.


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Image Taken on 18 Apr 2021 at 09:25    Image of day on 16 May 2021

Around the blocked gate we often find a singing Robin, here perched on a nearby 11kV cable, but also in various trees and hedges.


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Image Taken on 07 Apr 2012 at 17:44    Image of day on 28 Apr 2012

We are surrounded by robins - this one sat on a branch a few metres away and sang to us (or more likely the other robins!)


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Image Taken on 07 May 2013 at 18:33    Image of day on 24 Jun 2013

Some of the Robins are not quite hand tame, but you can get very close where the singing is remarkably loud for such a tiny creature.


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Image Taken on 19 Apr 2012 at 15:42    Image of day on 24 May 2012

An impression of this robin singing on the mains wire near the house This sample was at 7fps


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Image Taken on 20 Apr 2021 at 16:12    Image of day on 16 May 2021

From the tip of a conifer by the garage this Robin delivers his ownership decree, surrounded by a cloud of Midges.


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Image Taken on 20 Mar 2019 at 15:29    Image of day on 11 Apr 2019

A Robin singing his little heart out is framed by Cherry Blossom.


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Image Taken on 25 Jan 2018 at 12:49    Image of day on 26 Feb 2018

This week the Bird song has started - moving from occasional alarm calls to territorial declarations. Standing at the North east corner of our patch this Robin stood near the top of the adjacent Cherry tree and sang his little heart out. The kooky angle is genuine. The picture quality isn't great because the sun was almost behind him.


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Image Taken on 11 Dec 2009 at 14:00    Image of day on 19 Jan 2010

While photographing the fieldfares a robin landed in conifer that partly obscures the hedge, and started singing. Here is a little impression.


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Image Taken on 04 May 2025 at 11:03    Image of day on 15 Jun 2025

In the tip of a dead Elm tree each day this Robin can be seen broadcasting his song to the world.


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Image Taken on 27 Mar 2025 at 16:13    Image of day on 03 May 2025

Robins now reliably appear has we circulate our plot. Here this Robin appears near the 'Meadow site' singing his little heart out.


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Image Taken on 01 Dec 2016 at 07:12    Image of day on 07 Jan 2017

A Robin apparently calling before sunrise in this meadow site which, without any tree cover always gets hit by the more extreme of whatever the weather is doing.


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Image Taken on 21 Mar 2011 at 09:06    Image of day on 19 Apr 2011

2 Portraits.
Robin singing despite us standing only a couple of metres away.


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