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Image Taken on 31 Jan 2019 at 13:27    Image of day on 03 Mar 2019

A bit of a squabble between these two Robins - the claws don't seem to be 'out in earnest'. Possible a potential pair trying to get used to having another Robin in their territory.


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Image Taken on 21 Jan 2017 at 16:06    Image of day on 02 Mar 2017

Two-thirds through January & quite suddenly the Robins, normally solitary during the early part of winter, have dropped some of their aggression towards the opposite sex enough to see pairs quite often. We never see Robins 'canoodling' - mating and nesting seems to be a brief period of an armed truce!


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Image Taken on 22 Apr 2009 at 20:09    Image of day on 19 May 2009

No idea what is going on here, but couldn't resist showing you.
On the Right hand bird notice the two raised Alulae (the clearest is the spike on the wing immediately above the eye) we have never noticed this before on any small bird. They are rather more obvious on this Kestrel (click to view)) and form part of the anti-stalling aerodynamics of the magic of bird wings.


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Image Taken on 18 Jul 2009 at 20:13    Image of day on 27 Aug 2009

An absolute fantasie illustrating what is probably at least 2 robin families visiting site 2. The left bird has been flipped and merged to make this illustration of feather development.


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Image of day on 10 Apr 2005

The Robins are paired up now. The one on the right looks definitely a mess on this wet and dingy morning.


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Image Taken on 18 Apr 2008 at 19:46    Image of day on 05 May 2008

... or sing to you at 100dB


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Image Taken on 23 May 2007 at 04:44    Image of day on 08 Jun 2007

This disagreeable looking bird is a Robin fledgling - just a few days out of the nest. The red breast is an adult characteristic.


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Image Taken on 27 Feb 2013 at 16:30    Image of day on 04 Apr 2013

The Robins around the plot are busy courting and are now often seen as non-aggressive companions. Here such a pair get a quizzical look from the Thrush.


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Image Taken on 30 Dec 2015 at 10:36    Image of day on 03 Feb 2016

Next morning the birds take over from the mice. On the left are 3 of several Tree Sparrows recently returned to our patch, along with a Bluetit and a Robin that looks rather like an 'overseer'.


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