10 Facts About Robins

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10 Facts About Robins

1. Juvenile robins have a brown rather than red breast; they grow the red feathers after the first time they moult.

2. The first British postmen wore red coats, and gained the nickname of robin or redbreast.

3. Most pairs of robins will try and raise as many as three broods of chicks a year, but some mange as many as five.

4. British robins are famous for their tameness, but this contrasts with their behaviour on the Continent, where they are shy and generally unapproachable.

5. British robins will not enter standard nest boxes with round entrance holes, but they do like open-fronted boxes.

6. When the male robin has found a mate, he will strengthen their bond by bringing the female food, such as worms and caterpillars, which she begs for noisily while quivering her wings and is often mistaken by the observer to be the mother feeding the young.

7. Postmen used to be called robins because of their red tunics and the reason the robin is associated with Christmas cards is because these were delivered by the red-coated postmen ‘robins’?

8. The European robin is perhaps the best known of all British birds. It is a common visitor to gardens and once attracted to food put out on a bird table, it will return to it all winter through.

9. Robins are fiercely territorial over food supply. Not more than one robin will occupy a small garden, unless it is his mate. When their food source becomes scarce in winter they will eat just about anything put out for them on a bird table, especially fatty foods such as bacon rind and cheese.

10. Both parents take responsibility when feeding and looking after their chicks until they are two weeks old when they can fly and become fully independent. They pair up for the breeding season (April to June) only.

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