Michael Viney: Faithful robin’s subdued song an autumnal delight
The feeding of so many different species of birds has become ecologically important
Another Life: Fortunate anthropophilia of the marmalade fly
Episyrphus balteatus is one of many Irish species with bodies striped in black and yellow in hope of protective confusion with the wasps
Another Life: The robin, a feathered Exocet of the garden
Garderners welcome this shy bird’s services in eating bothersome flies and midges, but they’ll struggle to make friends with it
Another Life: Aerial mating and breast to breast battles
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