Robins - Les rouges-gorges


Thoughts in Darrick Wood by Trevor Morgan 14 May 2020 (traduction française ci-dessous)

The robins in our garden near Darrick Wood are particularly tame. They have nested in the ivy covering an arch over our garden gate. The robins will approach within a metre of us to feed when we are sitting in the garden. They recognise that we are no danger to them or their nest.

Three quarters of fledglings do not survive to reproduce; they fall victims to cats, foxes, squirrels, crows, jackdaws and sparrow hawks. Despite all these threats, they have survived, as a species, for hundreds of thousands of years.

The biggest danger to them is now climate change and the decline of insect populations. Man-made degradation of the environment could see them off along with thousands of other species. We need to watch out for ourselves too.






Pensées dans Darrick Wood par Trevor Morgan 14 mai 2020

Les rouges-gorges de notre jardin près de Darrick Wood sont particulièrement apprivoisés. Ils ont niché dans le lierre recouvrant une arche au-dessus de la porte de notre jardin. Les rouges-gorges s'approcheront à moins d'un mètre de nous pour se nourrir lorsque nous serons assis dans le jardin. Ils reconnaissent que nous ne représentons aucun danger pour eux ou leur nid.

Les trois quarts des oisillons ne survivent pas pour se reproduire; ils sont victimes de chats, renards, écureuils, corbeaux, choucas et éperviers. Malgré toutes ces menaces, ils ont survécu en tant qu'espèce, pendant des centaines de milliers d'années.

Le plus grand danger pour eux est maintenant le changement climatique et le déclin des populations d'insectes. La dégradation de l'environnement par l'homme pourrait les voir disparaître avec des milliers d'autres espèces. Nous devons aussi faire attention à nous-mêmes.



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