I heard these two robins before I saw them. I was walking with Ellie around the estate and stopped briefly to rest on a patch of grass by a small wooded area.
We heard panicked sounds, somewhere between a sharp screech and a chirp and then saw two robins in hot pursuit suddenly burst from the tree cover and straight across the footpath. The sounds didn't stop and twice more we saw them emerge and disappear again.
I assume it was a fight between individuals establishing their territories after the breeding season. According to the RSPB, robins are "aggressively territorial and quick to drive away intruders."
This kind of behaviour is especially noticeable at this time of year because so many species are quiet and unobtrusive, now that breeding has finished.
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