Robin with Sound 13cm - Cuddly Toy

Physical Characteristics
The UK's favourite bird - with its bright red breast it is familiar throughout the year and especially at Christmas! Males and females look identical, and young birds have no red breast and are spotted with golden brown. Average Robin size is 12-14cm.

Habitat
The Robin occurs in Eurasia east to Western Siberia, south to Algeria and on the Atlantic islands as far west as the Azores and Madeira. It is not found in Iceland. British Robins are largely resident but a small minority, usually female, migrates to southern Europe during winter, a few as far as Spain. Scandinavian and Russian Robins migrate to Britain and western Europe to escape the harsher winters.. The European Robin prefers spruce woods in northern Europe, contrasting with its preference for parks and gardens in the British Isles.

Behaviour
Well known to British and Irish gardeners, it is relatively unafraid of people and likes to come close when anyone is digging the soil, in order to look out for earthworms and other food freshly turned up; when the gardener stops for a break the robin might use the handle of the spade as a lookout point. Indeed, the robin is considered by many to be a gardener's friend and for various folklore reasons the robin would never be harmed.

Breeding
Robins may choose a wide variety of sites for building a nest, in fact anything which can offer some form of depression or hole may be considered. As well as the usual crevices, or sheltered banks, odder objects include pieces of machinery, barbecues, bicycle handlebars, bristles on upturned brooms, discarded kettles, watering cans, flower pots and even hats. The nest is composed of moss, leaves and grass, with finer grass, hair and feathers for lining. Two or three clutches of five or six eggs are laid throughout the breeding season. The eggs are a cream, buff or white speckled or blotched with reddish-brown colour, often more heavily so at the larger end. When juvenile birds fly from the nests they are mottled brown in colour all over and do not have a red breast. After two to three months out of the nest, the juvenile bird grows some reddish feathers under its chin and over a similar period this patch gradually extends to complete the adult appearance.

Diet
Robins eat Worms, seeds, fruits and insects, but aren't averse to bird-feeders and crumbs thrown by philanthropic humans.

Strange and Interesting Facts
Robins sing nearly all year round and despite their cute appearance, they are aggressively territorial and are quick to drive away intruders. They will sing at night next to street lights.