Friends of Birdcage Walk
and St Andrew's Churchyard

The robins are starting to get very territorial at the moment and can be very aggressive, even leading to fights. More common is the puffing out of the redbreast, making the males as large as possible to intimidate rivals. Added to this is the ‘bill up’ display to accentuate the red profile and make it look as large and threatening as possible. If you look at the photo a rival is out of focus in the upper left corner!