Glis glis

Tagged by Andrew:

1. Pick up the nearest book.
2. Open to page 123
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the next three sentences.
5. Tag five people, and acknowledge who tagged you.

“It feeds mainly on insects, which include earwigs, gall-insects, beetles, moths, ants, blow-flies and tipulid flies. It also eats spiders, centipedes and worms, while its vegetable food includes small fruits, such as currant, yew, hawthorn, raspberry and blackberry, and also small seeds. In winter it will feed on almost any household scraps.”

From The Life of the Robin by David Lack (1943), which goes on to say that on the basis of its food, the robin was assessed as 43.5% beneficial, 48.5% neutral and 8% harmful to man.

My computer desk is next to my wildlife books, so this selection is not all that surprising