The European robin must be our most friendly bird in the UK. This one, in Devon recently, was just sitting around inquisitively, fearlessly waiting to be photographed.
The colours look very fresh, so this is probably this season’s bird, but must be a few months old (see eg post on Robin juvenile.)
Of course, this bird was traditionally called ‘robin redbreast’. Why? Because the colour orange was only recognised as distinct from red from the 16th century, when the orange fruit had been introduced. That’s what Wikipedia says…
I can't believe it! 
And yet our American Robin is quite elusive and difficult to photograph!
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Yes, Wayne, but your robins are a sort of thrush. Our thrushes are much more shy than our robins.
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How interesting re not being able to distinguish between red and orange prior to the introduction of the orange. I can imagine a Monty Python skit about this!
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