Robins in Eden

[Rainbowmum]

Did anyone catch the 10 minute programme on last night about how Robins have set up home in the garden of Eden in Cornwall. It was so lovely seeing them there. I especially liked the bit where they had nested in a daffodil display
I wonder if robins are the nations favourite bird? I also wonder if there is any other wildlife living there because for me if there wasn't it would not really be a garden of Eden!

[speckled wood]

Originally Posted by Rainbowmum

Did anyone catch the 10 minute programme on last night about how Robins have set up home in the garden of Eden in Cornwall. It was so lovely seeing them there. I especially liked the bit where they had nested in a daffodil display
I wonder if robins are the nations favourite bird? I also wonder if there is any other wildlife living there because for me if there wasn't it would not really be a garden of Eden!

Far more important I think was the comment that it is only in the UK that Robins have lost their fear of humans and that elsewhere in their range they are a shy and secretive bird that hides away and avoids contact with humans.

[smartie]

I did see the programme and thought it was lovely. I don't know if robins are the nation's favourite bird - though I'd put money on them being the most recognised. But they must surely be the most enterprising. And the most curious. Almost as soon as I had put out a bowl of squirrel food this morning to try to encourage the squirrels to leave the bird feeders for the birds, it was colonised by two nosy robins, who had been watching me from the hedge and came down to turn over the contents and see if there was anything for them.

The squirrels, of course, have totally ignored it....

[aeshna5]

Rainbowmum- there are also Robins + Wrens that reside in the glasshouses in Kew Gardens- guess the're onto a good thing- no predators, warmth + good supply of invertebrate food + nesting potential!

Yes Robins are much shyer on continent- I know in France they are almost as elusive as Nightingales are here. Contrarily though, Nightingales often sing out in the open in various Mediterranean countries!

I've read that Robins follow us human gardeners as they followed Wild Boar as they rooted around for food + their behaviour with us, is simply an extension of this.