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It may be a bit of a photography cliche but I love Robins ( Erithacus rubecula)  foraging for food in the snow. It is the stuff of Christmas cards! We have a bird table in the garden which we have kept stock up with seed over the winter.  With the recent winter storms lashing the UK we have had plenty of our feathered friends in the garden looking for something to eat. I set up the camera in the house over looking the garden and waited for a Robin to appear in the right spot and I didn't have to wait for long.  I used the Fujifilm X-H1 fitted with the XF100-400mm f4.5/5.6 plus the 1.4x converter to give me some extra pulling power. For more information on the Robin  ( Erithacus rubecula)   CLICK HERE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PLEASE SUPPORT THIS BLOG BY VISITING THE ADVERTISERS ON THIS PAGE By clicking on the adverts you are hel...

On our last two trips into the Highlands of Scotland we have had some close encounters with Robins.  While taking pictures of Kilburn Castle this Robin came and sat on the fence next to the car obviously looking for a bite to eat. I was able to capture a few images on the X-Pro1 and the 55-200mm lens. The Robins below were taken on the Fujifilm X-T1 and 60mm f2.4 while sitting next to Loch Achray in the Trossachs National Park.  The two Robins seemed completely immune to my presence as I sat and took shots on the short telephoto lens. The European Robin (Erithacus rubecula), is a small insectivorous passerine bird. Around 12.5–14.0 cm (5.0–5.5 in) in length, the male and female are similar in colouration, with an orange breast and face lined with grey, brown upperparts and a whitish belly. It is found across Europe, east to Western Siberia and south to North Africa; it is sedentary in most of its range except the far north. -------------------------...