TALE of a WREN

From Alan Lyne: Whilst walking one of the tetrads for the BTO Winter Atlas I was watching through binoculars a Wren working its way along a ditch. Having reached the end of the ditch it opted to fly across a small snow-white field towards a group of conifers. Halfway across it stopped, landed on the snow, turned round and started to fly back towards the ditch. Suddenly my sight was filled with a Buzzard. Following it back to its fence-post perch I could see the hapless Wren struggling to free itself. However it was soon put out of its misery as the Buzzard started to feed on the tiny morsel. Sad for the Wren but one has to admire the skill of the Buzzard.