What do you call a group of Robins? A ‘ROUND’ of Robins

12 Jan 2011

Even though Robins are notoriously anti-social, they do occasionally come together, as they did in a BTO Garden BirdWatch garden this winter, prompting the search for a collective noun for Britain’s national bird. Of the 241 suggested nouns that we received, ‘ROUND’ was the most popular, with ‘Breast’ a close second.

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What do you call a group of Robins? A ‘ROUND’ of Robins

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