Lovely wallpaper with a Redbreast Robin, which warbles a melodious spring song, strategic perched high up on branch in a flowering tree. The European Robin (Erithacus rubecula), also known as Redbreast or English Robin, or simply as Robin, is the national bird of the United Kingdom. Robin is not afraid of people and is a friend to the British and Irish gardeners. It likes to seek earthworms and insects in the freshly turned up soil. According to an legend, when Jesus was dying on the cross, Robin sang into his ear in order to comfort Him and from the blood of Christ's wounds, Robin get the distinctive coloring on the chest.