The female builds the cup-like nest with mud as its foundation and lines it with grasses, twigs and other plant material ...

"It was then that we noticed the robin kept going back to different ... The RSPB said that cuckoos will often lay their eggs in the nest of a bird that is similar to the one that raised them ...

Children once thought that if they took eggs from a robin’s nest they would develop bent fingers. 4. A good honest church-going bird Robins are among our most ecclesiastical of birds.