Wren
£25.00
A lot of lies about wrens, from the ‘Lies About Birds’ series. (Scroll down to read the text.) Illustrated with a poor photograph of a paper bird I have made out of old RSPB magazines.
A4 print, mounted (and put in a cellophane bag to prevent escapes).
(Please note that I don’t send work outside of the UK.)
1 in stock
“A very, very, very small bird with an upright stance and a sticky-up tail which makes them seem even smaller. Very brown, very quick and very quiet, they move across the ground very like mice, preferring to run very quickly between bushes rather than risk the sound of their very tiny, very whirry wings giving away their very whereabouts. However, once nicely placed half-way up a shrub, the tiny wren unpacks its very, very, very loud voice and delightful song. It has been suggested that wrens hide megaphones strategically around their territories because it’s not possible to house a voice that large in such a tiny creature. The truth is, their sticky-up tails are actually radio transmitters. They transmit their song to the radios that grow in BBC Radio output-loving shrubs and bushes. When they have finished singing, they simply retune to Radio 4. They like The Archers.”
