Robins .

[Astanley 11,465]

I am not the best at bird i.d ...so is it possible that I have just seen a robin with no colouration on its breast ,just a light brown ,or am I getting confused with another type of bird ?

[BEARINATOR 2,825]

Female robins don’t have a red breast mate

[BEARINATOR 2,825]

[foxdropper 17,092]

8 minutes ago, BEARINATOR said:

Not true mate .That’s a juvenile . .Juveniles get the red colouration first moult .

How Can You Tell Male And Female Robins Apart? | Bird Spot

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Find out how you can tell the difference between male and female robins. Can size, redness of breast, and forehead pattern distinguish between the sexes?

 

[BEARINATOR 2,825]

34 minutes ago, foxdropper said:

Not true mate .That’s a juvenile . .Juveniles get the red colouration first moult .

How Can You Tell Male And Female Robins Apart? | Bird Spot

WWW.BIRDSPOT.CO.UK

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Find out how you can tell the difference between male and female robins. Can size, redness of breast, and forehead pattern distinguish between the sexes?

 

That was the first pic off google mate but loads of people don’t realise we have robins all year round as the female is drab in comparison to the male 

[paddyluke 528]

possibly a dunnock

 

[fireman 10,774]

Good chances it'll be a Dunnock,almost exactly the same bird living the same way as a Robin does..

Edited April 23, 2023 by fireman

[foxdropper 17,092]

4 hours ago, BEARINATOR said:

That was the first pic off google mate but loads of people don’t realise we have robins all year round as the female is drab in comparison to the male 

Both sexes exactly the same mate .Male slightly bigger if anything .

[dytkos 17,536]

Juvenile robin.

Cheers, D.

 

[Neal 1,784]

I was reading a book on robins earlier this year and it said that the sexes are identical. So much so that even experts have often thought they were observing either a male or female until a particular interaction with another robin (e.g. mating or territory defence) proved them wrong.   

[dytkos 17,536]

Robins will only tolerate the opposite sex in their territory and are very, very aggressive to other robins of the same sex, especially males. They are fierce in their fighting as well, often to the point of seriously injuring the other bird.

Cheers, D.

 

[paulus 26]

30 minutes ago, dytkos said:

Robins will only tolerate the opposite sex in their territory and are very, very aggressive to other robins of the same sex, especially males. They are fierce in their fighting as well, often to the point of seriously injuring the other bird.

Cheers, D.

 

Blue tits are terrible for territorial dispute's even to the point where i have watched males attacking reflections of themselves in windows and even car wing mirrors,  

[sandymere 8,261]

Robins tend to hold individual territories through the winter and males and females will fight until the spring, two together not fighting is a good early sign of spring.

[Black neck 15,162]

Had these nesting.on me shelf ,they fledged now same pair on eggs on top.of me freezer

[Black neck 15,162]