Robin wins vote for UK's national bird | Environment | The Guardian

Robin wins vote for UK's national bird | Environment | The Guardian: "It’s territorial, chippy and punches above its weight – and that’s why Britons have voted for the robin to be the country’s national bird, according to the organiser of a nationwide poll.

More than 224,000 people cast their ballot in the National Bird Vote, organised by “urban birder” David Lindo, which finished on the day of the general election.


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The robin won by a significant margin, taking 34% of the vote from a shortlist of 10 of Britain’s most familiar and beloved birds. The next most popular birds were the barn owl and blackbird at 12% and 11% respectively.

Lindo, who was openly critical of the robin in the final days of voting, said he had secretly hoped the blackbird would win.

“If the truth be known it would be great if something else had won, like a blackbird, but I’m very happy still that a robin has been confirmed as Britain’s national bird. I think it’s good and I think it’s a bird that we can be proud of and hoist up on our shoulders now.”"



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