Wrens

[gobbiner]

I hope ive placed this in the right place, My question is i have got photos of most common birds, but i dont seem to be able to get a wren, i dont see many, is this par for the course or am i looking in the wrong places thank you...Ray

[FUDGEY]

Wrens are almost every where, but dont worry as they are not an easy bird to photograph. In time one will give you a good opportunity, other than that find a nest and set a hide up near by.

[Acipiter]

Did you have a hard winter in your part of the world? if so many of them may not have survived this year.

[DOXHOPE]

I live in northumberland, and the wren is a bird we have always had an abundance of, I have located no less than tweleve nests this year alone, all of which are successful, feeding chicks in most of these as I write. They are however a difficult bird to shoot at times, they are always on the move, they are useally in not very well lit situations and you always seem to get a lot of blurr in a lot of shots. not a big bird, but a big achievenet for the wildlife photographer to get a decent shot, hope you get what you want in the near future.

[gobbiner]

Originally Posted by FUDGEY

Wrens are almost every where, but dont worry as they are not an easy bird to photograph. In time one will give you a good opportunity, other than that find a nest and set a hide up near by.

Thank you Fudgey will keep trying cheers

Originally Posted by Acipiter

Did you have a hard winter in your part of the world? if so many of them may not have survived this year.

Yes pretty hard but i still see the odd wren ill keep trying in the right habitat

[witham]

beautiful pics, we had below -14 last year here in my part of lincs and I was worried the wrens that regularly nest in our garden would have suffered but we have two nests this year but we had pleanty of boxes, hay bales where they nested last year and other places where they could have sheltered

[Acipiter]

If you do have difficulty finding them, try walking through the woods in the early part of the season. You will almost certainly hear their territorial alarm calls then.

[moog]

Great picture! I very rarely see wrens these days...but I often hear them, so I know they're there somewhere!

[bigdave60dog]

That top picture takes a bit of beating.
I think that I read something to the effect that The Wren the our most ubiquitous bird.
Dave

[GME]

Originally Posted by bigdave60dog

That top picture takes a bit of beating.

That's for sure - it really is a cracking shot!