Robin among the rhododendrons
Erithacus rubecula
European Robin · Scotney Castle · 3 May 2026
A robin working through the rhododendron planting at Scotney in May, low in the cover that frames the view of the house across the water. Robins are birds of woodland edge across Europe and of every garden in Britain, and they spend most of their time low, hopping between shadow and open ground.
The British robin's tameness is a local habit. On the Continent, where robins were trapped for food for centuries, the same species keeps to the woods and will not come near a spade.
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