Hide and Tweet! Baby wren chicks nest in corner of Shropshire summer house

Adorable pictures show wren chicks chirping and scrambling for food from a woven nest basket in a Shrospshire shed.  The fascinating images were taken by wildlife photographer Andrew-Fusek Peters, 60.placeholder image
Adorable pictures show wren chicks chirping and scrambling for food from a woven nest basket in a Shrospshire shed. The fascinating images were taken by wildlife photographer Andrew-Fusek Peters, 60. | Andrew Fusek Peters / SWNS

They hatched around two weeks ago

A female wren and her three chicks can be seen nesting in summer house – but are so tiny many may struggle to spot them.

Wildlife photographer Andrew Fusek Peters captured the female feeding her young as they prepared to fly the nest.

The birds hatched in a hand-woven nest in a summer house in Lydbury North, Shropshire.

Adorable pictures show wren chicks chirping and scrambling for food from a woven nest basket in a Shrospshire shed.  The fascinating images were taken by wildlife photographer Andrew-Fusek Peters, 60.placeholder image
Adorable pictures show wren chicks chirping and scrambling for food from a woven nest basket in a Shrospshire shed. The fascinating images were taken by wildlife photographer Andrew-Fusek Peters, 60. | Andrew Fusek Peters / SWNS

Andrew said: “The wrens are so tiny they can easily be missed but they have well and truly made themselves at home.

“They hatched around two weeks ago and are already about to fledge so their mother is busy feeding them all day.

Adorable pictures show wren chicks chirping and scrambling for food from a woven nest basket in a Shrospshire shed.  The fascinating images were taken by wildlife photographer Andrew-Fusek Peters, 60.placeholder image
Adorable pictures show wren chicks chirping and scrambling for food from a woven nest basket in a Shrospshire shed. The fascinating images were taken by wildlife photographer Andrew-Fusek Peters, 60. | Andrew Fusek Peters / SWNS

“I was able to sit around four feet from them and photograph them as the chicks stuck their heads out and chirped for their mother.

“It was a wonderful site and shows how wild your own garden can be if you look close enough at what might be hiding in plain site.”

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