'This fascinating biography . . . A perfect Christmas present   for any birder' Birdwatching
     From the BESTSELLING AUTHOR of The Robin: A   Biography, STEPHEN MOSS:
     The wren is a paradox of a bird. They are   Britain's most common bird, with 8.5 million   breeding pairs and have by far the loudest song in proportion to their size.   They also thrive up and down Britain and Ireland: from the smallest city   garden to remote offshore islands, blustery moors to chilly mountains.Yet   many people are not sure if they have ever seen a wren. Perhaps because the   wren is so tiny, weighing just as much as two A4 sheets of paper, and so   busy, always on the move, more mouse than bird.
     However if we cast our eyes back to recent history wrens were a mainstay of literary, cultural and popular history. The wren was on postage stamps and the farthing, it featured   in nursery rhymes and greetings cards, poems and rural 'wren hunts', still a   recent memory in Ireland particularly.
     With beautiful illustrations throughout, this   captivating year-in-the-life biography reveals the hidden secrets of this   fascinating bird that lives right on our doorstep.



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