11:04am Tuesday 29th January 2013 in News
The RSPB’s wildlife enquiries team has had
an influx of calls reporting singing nightingales. But the wildlife charity is
assuring callers that the birds are likely to be robins, which sing at night
even during winter.
Richard James, an RSPB wildlife advisor, said:
“We’ve had lots of calls from people sharing what they had spotted during their
Big Garden Birdwatch, but many also called rather excitedly to say they’d heard
nightingales singing in the evenings. They were a little disappointed when we
told them the birds were almost certainly robins, although they were still
surprised to find out these birds sing at night.”
The main purpose of singing is to attract a mate
and defend a territory. Robins are one of the few birds that hold a territory
throughout the winter so continue to sing when the majority of other birds have
stopped.
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