Britain's most common breeding bird - and the loudest relative to its size of anything with wings! Our printable wren mask celebrates this tiny, cocked-tail dynamo that sings its heart out from dense hedgerows and garden borders across the country. With that dumpy, warm-brown body and perpetually upright tail, the wren is one of the most characterful small birds in Britain. Perfect for British wildlife school plays, garden birds classroom projects, World Book Day, birthday parties, and surprisingly loud imaginative play.

The wren is Britain's most numerous bird yet one of the least noticed - which makes this mask a brilliant conversation starter about the wildlife hiding in plain sight all around us. Every mask comes with a full colour version AND a black and white line art version for colouring in.

5 Interesting Facts About Wrens!

The wren produces one of the loudest songs relative to body size of any bird in the world - its song can be heard over 500 metres away from a bird weighing just 10 grams, roughly the same as two teaspoons of water.
It appears on the old British farthing coin - the wren was chosen to represent Britain's smallest coin, a fitting symbol for a bird that is both tiny and of enormous character.
Male wrens build multiple nests for females to choose from - they construct up to 12 'cock nests' in their territory, and females inspect them before choosing their favourite for egg-laying. The male then lines the chosen nest with feathers.
Wrens roost communally in cold weather - dozens of birds have been recorded piling into a single nest box on winter nights, sharing body heat to survive temperatures that would kill them individually.
The wren is Britain's most common breeding bird - with around 8.5 million pairs, it's more numerous than any other species, yet its small size and skulking habits mean most people rarely notice it despite it living in almost every garden.

Printable Wren Mask

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