Can anyone tell me what this might be?

[What's this]

Hi

I have been trawling the internet to try and id a bird i saw at work today, but to no avail.

I'm an absolute novice at all this and don't really know where to start so i was hoping someone on here might be able to tell me what family it might belong to.

My office is in a rural location in the NW of England, on the edge of some old industrial land which is now overgrown. It's surrounded by trees, small bushes and ground ivy.

Size: Tiny, looked a bit like a robin but much smaller.
Colour: Rust/auburn brown and seemed to be more or less uniform in colour
Beak: short

It jumped on to the ground in to the ivy before i had chance to take a picture.

Anyone any ideas?

[Dogghound]

Sounds like a Wren

[faz]

was its short stumpy tail sticking right up

[RobS]

I'd plump for Wren too

[What's this]

To me it looked like a little auburn golf ball with a beak. Didn't get a good look at the tail, but it didn't seem to be sticking up.

Gorgeous little bird, wish i could have got a picture. Hope it pays us another visit.

[The Woodman]

A pretty good description of a wren and its jizz I'd say.