Quick Facts

Scientific name:  Troglodytes troglodytes

Size:  Up to 10cm

Distribution:  Found throughout the U.K.

Months seen:  All year round

Habitat:  Woods, gardens and hedgerows

Food:  Invertebrates

Special features:  Wrens are one of the smallest birds found in the UK.  They have mottled brown plumage, a distinctive upward pointing tail and a cream coloured eye-stripe.

Their scientific name 'troglodyte' literally means a cave dweller and although wrens are rarely found in caves, they are frequently seen flying low and disappearing into holes in dense vegetation.

For such a small bird the wren has a very loud song which sounds something like 'su-su-su-su' or 'sssurrrrrrrrrrrr'.

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