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Wren(Dreoilín)
Troglodytes troglodytes
Birdsmalldiurnal
Identification Tips
- 1Tiny, round body with a short cocked tail (key feature)
- 2Warm brown plumage with fine barring
- 3Pale eyebrow stripe
- 4Moves like a mouse through dense vegetation
- 5Almost always near the ground or in low cover
Description
One of Ireland's smallest and most numerous birds. Despite their tiny size, wrens occasionally appear on camera traps, usually foraging close to the ground.
Habitat
woodlandhedgerowgardenrocky areas