Wildlife in Imperial College library

A few months ago, during one of my wonderfully quiet early mornings in the library, I did a double take as I spotted two mice running up and down the aisles. I've since seen traps. Clearly there are more mice around than the staff would like. Today I made a rare afternoon visit and, sitting at a desk, something small and brown on the carpet caught my eye. I was secretly happy to have seen a mouse again. But on closer inspection, it was no mouse!

It was a robin!

Unfortunately, it didn't look like it was going to get out any time soon. The open window was tall and narrow, and after the robin fluttered past it a few times I got the impression it was deliberately not going through. I reported it to the very excited librarians and, as I left, one was considering using her sandwich as bait. I will check in tomorrow to see what happened.



UPDATE: The next day I asked what had happened, and the staff had managed to get it out without much trouble. Fast forward to the 16th of September, my next visit, and the robin was back again. I don't think it was trapped. I think it was clever.