Not seen any Wrens since winter. :( (Herefordshire)

[scarymonster]

Hi all,

I've not seen any wrens since the last bought of bad weather. I have lots of garden birds and an abundance of finches this year, especially green and gold but no wrens.

Is this because they have gone back to the hedgerows and I am just not seeing them (I have a rural garden surrounded by farms, fields and woods).

I am a little concerned as we had a very harsh winter here.

Anyone else seeing them?

[Deb London]

Their song is EVERYWHERE down here. If you learn to recognise them, you might find they are more common than you thought.

XC31232 Winter Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes indigenus) | sound on xeno-canto/europe

[artdemole]

All busy in the hedgerow here.

[scarymonster]

Thanks Deb & Ant.

I'll try and train my ear to the sound sample and sit outside one afternoon for a while and have a listen.

[aeshna5]

They are susceptible to hard weather so it's possible that your local population has crashed. Their loud song is so distinctive it's difficult to overlook once you're familiar with it.

As Deb says there are plenty singing around London + we had harsh conditions in December but fairly benign the rest of the winter.