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Bird Sightings : Hebrides : Robin

Adult male Robin

Robin

(Robin Redbreast, European Robin)

Erithacus rubecula

Gaelic: Brù-dhearg

 

Photograph © Debbie Bozkurt
Stornoway - Isle of Lewis - Outer Hebrides (Western Isles)
11th February, 2007

 

Our Robin photographs

Robin fledgling	Robin adult male	Robin nest box

 

• Robin
• Erithacus rubecula
• Gaelic: Brù-dhearg
• WI: Fairly common (100-999 breeding pairs) resident breeder
• Robins live to about 8yrs

 

Robin records in the Western Isles

Erithacus rubecula melophilus is a fairly common (100-999 breeding pairs) resident breeder.

Erithacus rubecula is probably an uncommon passage Visitor (low numbers)

Source: Outer Hebrides Bird Report (2001)

 

On the chart below the darker the shade of blue the more abundant the Robin is during a month or the more likely you are to see it.

J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D

(Source: Outer Hebrides Birds Checklist)

 

 

Other local bird photographs

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