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The cunning wren – king of the birds
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Wrens are famous for their singing voices
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I HAD a few wrens (Troglodytes troglodytes) picking among my holly bushes the other morning.
From my kitchen door I thought at first they were mice hunting berries, but the binoculars showed tiny chestnut-coloured birds that looked remarkably like microscopic emus. OK, a bit of a romantic view but the wren is certainly one of our most romantic birds.
Weigh a pound coin in your hand. That’s what a fully grown adult wren will weigh. It isn’t actually Britain’s smallest bird — that honour goes to the goldcrest (Regulus regulus) — but the wren is Britain’s most common wild breeding bird.
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