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Hedge Rows, Wrens
Wrens are familiar birds with rich brown finely barred plumage, a tiny fat body and a spiky tail which is always held cocked up. Breeds and winters in gardens, woodland, parks, waste ground and hedgerows. The wren is the smallest British bird, which is why it appeared in 1937 on the reverse of our smallest coin, the farthing. The gold crest is even tinier but less visible, so the wren took the honour of backing kings and queens. They eat insects and spiders and annoy nobody, although there was a sad
tradition of hunting a symbolic wren on St Stevens Day (Boxing Day) in some
parts of Ireland and the north of England. Read on > Index Shrubs and Plants Mammals Insects Mice Voles Yellowhammers Cornbuntings Sparrows Robins Wrens Tits Snakes Hedgehog
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