Wren, 30122019, 03 f

Wren,

 

One of Europe's smallest birds, the big-voiced Wren uses a remarkable variety of habitats.

It is found from sea level to high up in mountain areas, from forest to almost open spaces; subspecies exist in remote island groups.

It spends most of the time low down, on or near the ground, often in deep thickets of bramble or bracken or in ornamental shrubberies.

Cold winters cause dramatic declines but Wren populations can recover quite quickly.

Voice, - Dry, hard calls with irritable, rattling quality.

, chit, chiti, tzerrr, song loud, full-throated, warbling outburst with characteristic low, hard trill and fast, ringing notes.

Nesting, - Small, loose ball of leaves and grass, tucked in bank, under overhang; 5 or 6 eggs; 2 broods; April - July.

Feeding - Forges in dark, damp places under hedges, around buildings, shrubberies, in ditchers, and in patches of dead bracken and similar low, thick cover; finds insects and spiders and feeds on scraps scattered under bushers,

 

Order - Passeriformes,

Family - Troglodytidae,

Species - Troglodytes troglodytes

Length, - 9 -10cm,

Wingspan, - 13 - 17cm,

Weight, - 8 - 13g,

Lifespan - 2 - 5 years,

Status - Secure,

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