Just because I adore these cheeky little characters …
Recent Robins
29 Saturday Nov 2025
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Redbreast
25 Tuesday Jan 2022
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Little Robin redbreast may look cheery but I’m sure it was feeling the icy easterly chill as much as I was today, judging by its fluffed-up feathers.
500!!!
02 Tuesday Mar 2021
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In the world of social media, reaching 500 followers means I’m very small fry as a blogger but, to me personally, it’s a huge deal, and I just want to say a sincere ‘thank you’ to you all for supporting my attempts to share the beauty, the fascination, the mystery of the natural world around us. Your follows, likes and comments are all very much appreciated. Diolch!
27/366 Rockin’ Robin
27 Monday Jan 2020
‘He rocks in the tree tops all day long
Hoppin’ and a-boppin’ and singing his song’
~ lyrics by Jimmie Thomas
12/366 Robin redbreast
12 Sunday Jan 2020
Today’s was just a quick showery stomp to Cosmeston and back, for the refreshing air and to keep my mileage up (I’m aiming to walk 1500 miles this year). It wasn’t the weather for photography, too damp and dim, but I couldn’t resist this cheery Robin redbreast singing its merry tune.
344/365 Another day, another Robin
10 Tuesday Dec 2019
This photo was taken yesterday, when it wasn’t windy and raining and cold, and I had seeds for the birds, sun on my face, and this Robin smiled upon me. Joy!
2/365 Feeling guilty
02 Wednesday Jan 2019
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Winter seems finally to have arrived and it was frosty when I arrived at Cosmeston Lakes Country Park early this morning, hoping for a nice long walk before the school holiday crowds arrived. Unfortunately, in my haste to leave home, I forgot to fill my seed container so had nothing to offer the hungry birds. This fluffed-up little Robin was not at all impressed.
Yuletide Greetings
25 Tuesday Dec 2018
Season’s Greetings to all my followers!
May your Yuletide be filled with much good cheer.
My little Welsh Robin
13 Thursday Dec 2018
‘Art thou the bird whom Man loves best,
The pious bird with the scarlet breast,
Our little English Robin …’
~ from William Wordsworth, ‘The Redbreast Chasing the Butterfly’, 1806
Blogger’s note: This particular little cutie, with whom I shared some quality moments – me chatting and it peeping – at Penarth Heads beach on Monday, is actually a Welsh (not English) Robin. And its breast is really more orange than red but I’ve just this week found out why it was formerly known as Redbreast and described as having a red or scarlet rather than orange breast – it’s because orange as a colour (which originated from the fruit of the same name) was unknown in Britain prior to the mid 16th century.
Robin Redbreast
30 Thursday Mar 2017
A robin a day makes me cheery and gay!
A robin a day drives the grey skies away.
A robin a day, hip hip hooray!
