robins rule

[almostnormal]

i went up to leighton moss yesterday and saw spoonbill, but the poor bird was upstaged by the little robin in the car park who seemed to think if she gave us enough poses we'd feed her....as it turned out we did, we went back with meal worms, and scattered them in the hedge area behind the car park, so she still had to work a bit for them, but still...here's some of the better shots!

[Gill Catton]

what a little cutie!! (jealous of your spoonbil though!)

[almostnormal]

Originally Posted by Gill Catton

what a little cutie!! (jealous of your spoonbil though!)

don't be...all they do is sit and roost and occasionally lift their head up. i sat and watched it for nearly an hour and it never did a single thing. much more exciting watching the greenshank flitting about in the pools for bugs!

[demicav]

Lovely pictures. Robins are one of Britains best known birds and I think they're just great.

[Ukwildlifeo]

I saw a spoobill today at Rainham Marshes. he was there all day and on show everytime i wnet past, thou my binos were a bit low powered, it was still the best view Ive ever had of a wild spoonbill.

As for friendly robins, theres one a garden that come along (sometimes with a mate) and waits in a small tree next to where I am mowing. He then shoots down and grabs some food. I have photos where he was so close I had to switch to macro on half (6x) zoom in order to get full photo shots. Ill post some later if I manage to get through my back log of photos to be processed 2nite lol

[James M]

Lovely photos, I went to Leighton Moss last year and in the car park there was a very friendly Robin whom we fed, could this be the same one?

[clover green]

Great pictures! I have to say robins are one of my very favourite birds, especially when you come across such entertaining ones. They are well worth a handful of mealworms!