Andrew McGleish

"Rodney Blackall" <rblackall@rodsrisc.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:4c0ce350b0rblackall@rodsrisc.demon.co.uk...
> Friday, near sunset: Buckingham
> I have just been cleaning a few windows on the outside and been
fiercely
> scolded almost throughout by a sparrow-sized bird with sharply
turned up
> small tail. Against the light it was difficult to tell its colour
but I ot
> a distinct impression of green / brown.
>
> The bird sat on the garden fence making a noise like a peeved grey
> squirrel, mistle thrush or upset rattle-snake, dipping occasionally
to add
> emphasis.
>
> My previous sightings of wrens in London were of timid little birds
> skulking in undergrowth and never visible when singing.
>
> Are there any small British birds with up-turned tails apart from
the wren
> or are country wrens bolder than the London relatives?
>

Definitely Wren, probably with young somewhere close by, used to get
terrible bother when I went to the compost heap, youngsters happily
letting me walk close to them and mum/dad making that real racket!
Great stuff

Andrew