Troglodytes troglodytes (Linnaeus, 1758)

The random number generator was overridden again: 358 was the number, which would have given us the Nuthatch, of which I have only unsatisfactory images... after a brief turmoil I settled on 357, which gives us:

Photographed June 2012 in Warbarrow, on the Purbeck, Dorset, UK. Olympus E-420 DSLR with Zuiko 70-300mm telephoto lens.

This small but very vocal bird is

Troglodytes troglodytes

(Linnaeus, 1758)

known variously as the Winter Wren, the Eurasian Wren, the Wren or (misleadingly, as it is the only wren in its native range) the Common Wren. 

Anyhow, onwards:

- Troglodytidae

- Certhioidea     

- Passerida          

- Oscines              

- Passeriformes      

- Neoaves                 

See also Burhinus vermiculatus, Sterna hirundo, Ardea goliath and Chalcophaps indica.

- Neognathae              

- Neornithes                  

- Euornithes                     

- Aves                                

- Maniraptora                      

- Coelurosauria                      

- Tetanurae                               

- Therapoda                                

- Saurischia                                   

- Dinosauria                                     

- Avemetatarsalia                                

- Archosauria                                         

- Archosauromorpha                                

- Sauria                                                       

See also Thelotornis capensis, Trachylepis varia and Lygodactylus capensis.

- Diapsida                                                        

- Romeriida                                                       

- Reptilia                                                             

- Amniota                                                              

See also Hipposideros vittatus.

- Reptiliomorpha                                                       

- Tetrapoda                                                                  

See also Rana temporaria and Chiromantis xerampelina

- Sarcopterygii                                                                

- Osteichthys                                                                    

See also Synchiropus splendidus

 - Teleostomi                                                                        

- Gnathostomata                                                                   

- Vertebrata                                                                            

- Craniata                                                                                

- Chordata                                                                                

- Deuterostomia                                                                         

- Nephrozoa                                                                                 

See also Cyathosternum prehensile, Lobosceliana loboscelis, Stictogryllacris punctata, Sibylla, Humbe tenuicornis, Dolichotachina caudata, Diasemopsis meigenii, Helophilus pendulus, Episyrphus balteatus, Senaspis haemorrhoa, Megistocera filipes, Panorpa germanica, Acada biseriata, Anthocharis cardamines, Laelia robusta, Zebronia phenice, Andrena nigroaenea, Synagris proserpina, Vespula germanica, Astata tropicalis, Hagenomyia tristis, Crambus pascuella, Demetrias atricapillus, Anthia fornasiini, Melolontha melolontha, Malachius bipustulatus, Otiorhynchus atroapterus, Pephricus, Anoplocnemis curvipes, Ranatra, Grypocoris stysi, Cheilomenes lunata, Rhyothemis semihyalina, Pseudagrion hageni, Enallagma cyathigerum, Ligia oceanica, Dicranopalpus ramosus, Enoplognatha ovata, Argiope bruennichi and Hyllus argyrotoxus.

- Bilateralia                                                                                     

- Eumetazoa                                                                                      

- Eukaryota                                                                                         

                                                                                

 And, seeing as this is a surprisingly common, if rarely seen, species across much of Europe, about which a vast amount of information is available (try the RSPB page or Wiki), that's all, folks!