Nature is all around us and it is good to get out walking and seeing it first hand. On this particular walk my family and I came across a Robin “Erithacus rubecula” sat next to the path.
It was happily watching the walkers out on this route picking up anything that a walker may have given it such as a scrap of sandwich.
It was then we noticed movement down near our feet and spotted the mottled brown feathers of a fledgling Robin.
We therefore assumed that this was a parent Robin watching its baby.
A female Robin typically lays 4 to 6 eggs in 2 broods. How many hatch and survive to adulthood is down to nature.
A typical Robin grows to 14cm long and has a wingspan of 21cm. They only weigh around 18 grams.
The Robin is a familiar sight across the UK in woods, fields and gardens. They will follow a gardener around their garden in the hope of an upturned worm or disturbed insect, grub or spider.
Robins have also been associated with people who has passed away with a Robin appearing when loved ones are near.
Robins have a nice song and is one of the few birds that will sing all year long. The RSPB have an audio clip of a Robin singing – Robin Song.
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