Winter Wren - gjerdesmett - Troglodytes troglodytes

Winter Wren - Gjerdesmett - Troglodytes troglodytes
Gärdsmyg - Gærdesmutte - Peukaloinen - Winterkoning

Winter Wren, Hernar, Øygarden, October 2009

Winter Wren, Solberg, Øygarden, October 2009

A young Winter Wren - so much easier to photgraph with a DSLR!

Wren, Hernar, October 2018 - quite possibly a migrant as numbers increase significantly on the island during the autumn

Migrant Wren onboard a vessel on the Dogger Bank, North Sea, April 2023. This picture was taken using a compact superzoom

Winter Wren (or Eurasian Wren) is quite a widespread species and occurs in a variety of forms. One of these is the form nepalensis which is found in the central and eastern Himalayas. Whilst hiking up a steep slope in Bhutan I heard a very familiar call and said "that sounds just like Wren" - the bird then popped into view and it WAS a Wren. Due to my complete lack of planning and pre-trip research I had no idea they occurred there. It was a releif to be able to a name to at least some of the calls we were hearing.

nepalensis form of Eurasian Wren, Bhutan, November 2017

nepalensis form of Eurasian Wren, Bhutan, November 2017

Winter Wren are a common species where I live, but taking pictures of them using digiscoping equipment is far from easy. Wrens are continuously on the move and are hard to follow using a cumbersome telescope. The shutter lag on my digital camera is woefully long - adding to the challenge of photographing this delightful species. Of around 90 pictures taken these are a few of the salvageable ones.....


Tjeldstø, 10 March 2006	Tjeldstø, 10 March 2006


More typical photograph	...and this happens ALL the time

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