Take a little round ball of feathers, add a pointy beak, a silly sticky-uppy tail and a pair of big feet and you have yourself a Wren….and here’s one I made earlier. I’m actually amazed that this picture came out ok because this tiny Troglodytes troglodytes was more than living up to his Latin name by skulking about in the darkest recesses of the thickest woodland undergrowth that he could find and wouldn’t keep still for more than a few moments at a time! He was also making it very clear to me that he didn’t want me anywhere near his beloved nest, which appeared to be hidden in a small hole deep within a nearby ancient Cotswold stone wall and also where his equally feisty mate was sitting on a fresh clutch of eggs!I’m dedicating this photograph to the only people I saw all day….a friendly, chatty lady and gent with a lovely Golden Retriever dog who were actually being closely shadowed by Mr. Belligerent as they all came down the woodland trail towards me!Out of interest, The Wren is reportedly the UK’s most common and adaptable bird, with an estimated eight million pairs occupying virtually every possible type of niche habitat….from suburban gardens to mountain forests, from coastal clifftops to farmland meadows and from industrial landscapes to country hedgerows….a truly remarkable bird!