WHEN the red, red robin comes bob, bob, bobbing along, Kath and Al Jacobs reach for the mealie worms.

They are sometimes helped by two-year-old grandson Brian Gebbie to keep up with the demands of a pair of robins in their garden at Holmside Avenue, Halfway, near Sheerness.

Kath said: “They have got us very well trained, appearing at the window and then hopping into the house for their food.

“We think they are now on their third brood because the little female 'Chip’ started off with a nest close to the house which meant she had some protection.

“Then she had a nest at the bottom of the garden and was on her own for a while and now she’d got another little male with her, so I think a cat must have done for her first partner."

"The birds really like mealie worms and they are so friendly and trusting you can feed them by hand.”

The only members of the Jacobs’ household not entranced by the two feathered visitors are the two dogs who make a point of ignoring them.