British winers can be cold, wet and miserable at the best o f times , ao how doesour widlife make it through the toughest season? Dominic Cjouzens reveals the many different strategies that animals use to surive. "The North wind doth blow, and we shall have snow, and what will poor Robin do then, poor thing?" Will he sit in a barn,keep himself warm and hide his head under his wing, as the nursery rhyme suggests?Hardly. In fact, despite the cold and the deprivations, robins frequently pair up in midwinter. The males change their songs and singing perches, and females come visiting around Christmas time. It's amazing to think that, in the face of harsh weather, some robins are nevertheless preoccupied with reproduction.
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