When Robin and Blackbird meet
Within bird species there’s a strict pecking order. It’s played out in battles over territory, food and mates. Robins are some of the most obvious users of pecking order.
![Robin at Stover - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Stover-The-Hall-of-Einar-5930-725x483.jpg)
They are on the alert to any threat, as being deposed from their territory may mean winter starvation.
![Robin at Stover - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Stover-The-Hall-of-Einar-5911-725x408.jpg)
There’s also a pecking order between species.
![Robin at Stover - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Stover-The-Hall-of-Einar-5900-725x483.jpg)
And here, despite the feisty Robin, this Blackbird is top bird.
![Blackbird at Stover - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Stover-The-Hall-of-Einar-5904-725x483.jpg)