IT’S official – the humble Wren is the UK’s commonest bird with 11million pairs across the UK.
The last report, in 2013 also had the Wren at the top of the tree with just over 8.5million pairs and while numbers are known to fluctuate according to environmental conditions it may be that generally milder winters are benefitting the smallest bird.
The top five, says the British Trust for Ornithology are made up of the Wren, Robin (7,350,000 pairs), House Sparrow (5,300,000), Woodpigeon (5,150,000) and Chaffinch and Blackbird share the number five spot at 5,050,000 territories each.
