A rose by any other name ...

I am finding it all rather harrowing
To be dunnocked when once I was sparrowing!
A hedge-sparrow, me,
In a hedge or a tree,
But my family tree - that one is narrowing.

poem © Celia Warren 2012

This bird, once commonly referred to as a hedge-sparrow, is now known more widely as a dunnock. The popularity of its new name reflects that fact that the little bird belongs to a different family from the house-sparrow.