Springwatch Unsprung: Why Do Robins Have Red Breasts?

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Jo Stevens. Springwatch Unsprung: Why Do Robins Have Red Breasts?

Dedication

Contents

Introduction

Spring

At a Snail’s Pace

Flying the Nest

Angry Birds

No Place Like Home

Oyster Beds

Shenanigans in the Shrubbery

Tough Love

Family Affair

Dogged by a Bad Smell

The Sweet Smell of Success

Hungry Herons

Purrfect

Eggstatic

Make Mine a Double

Hard-Headed

Follow Your Nose

Hello Mum

Awkward Embrace

Confusing Courtship

Topsy Turvy

Feeling Sleepy?

Old Sparrow, New Tricks

Run, Rabbit, Run

Pitching Up

Spring Quiz

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Summer

Deadly Babies

Tadpole Tardiness

Feathers Count

Carrier Bats?

On the Edge

High Flyers

A Swift Snooze

Far From Home?

Ant-Astic

A Prickly Problem

The Early Bird

Second Home

Landlubber Gulls

Grounded

Woodworking Wasps

Taking a Toll

Quite a Mouthful

A Watery Demise

Going Underground

Tripping the Light Fantastic

Soggy Bees

Well Spotted

What a Wag

Hello Caller

Eggstraordinary Treasure

Catching a Ride

Brazen Badgers

Summer Quiz

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Autumn

Touchy Subject

Ice, Ice Baby

Saving for a Rainy Day

House Guests

Completely Legless

Tangled Web

Small Talk

Autumn’s Progress

Loud and Proud

Sonic Booms

Time for Bed

An Angry Mob

Varied Diets

Alien Invasion?

Late Breeders

Early Risers

On the Move

Feathered Friends

Solo Singers

A Hardy Bunch

Going Nuts

Royal Guard

Gravity-Defying Diners

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Winter

Play Time

Unusual Playmates

Boxing Clever

Nocturnal Singers

Bee Cool

Let’s Go Fly a Kite

A Worm’s Woes

Getting a Head Start?

Wrong Footed

Tail Story

Getting Cold Feet?

A Royal Surprise

Out of Place

Weather Beaten

Petrol Heads

Black-Beaked Blackbirds

Super-Cool Plants

Avian Obesity

Winter Wardrobe

Waste Management

Colour Blind

In a Tight Squeeze

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Sources of Information and Inspiration

Acknowledgements

About the Authors

List of Searchable Terms

Copyright

About the Publisher

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For my parents, who always encouraged me to go outside and have little adventures.

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Egg formation and laying are regulated by the hen’s hormones and occasionally things go wrong, especially in young hens. Two or more yolks may be released into the oviduct at the same time and become encased in one shell, resulting in a double-yolker.

Commercial eggs are unfertilised and do not develop into chicks. However, if domestic hens are kept with a cockerel and the eggs are fertilised then it’s possible that a double-yolker would contain two chick embryos.

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