Weather-proof Robin

November 29th, 2 o'clock in the morning and the rain is pelting down - as it has been for hours.

In Capel Road, from an Oak tree by Wanstead Flats, a Robin is repeating over and over its somewhat subdued winter sounds. Not the full song that we hear in the Spring and Summer, but plenty loud enough and expressive enough to be heard over the rain. The street light is bright, of course, but on such a miserable night what is that Robin doing?!

Paul Ferris, 29th November 2009