Aerial Activity in Pontarddulais

[ralph]

Gloomy early afternoon walk (threat of rain) towards disused colliery in Pontarddulais:

Raven (6+)
Buzzard (3)
Green Woodpecker (2)
Red Kite (3)

Quite surprised at the distinct lack of Dipper or Grey Wagtail this afternoon. Most of the usual suspects were around, ie: Blue Tit, Blackbird, Song Thrush and Mistle Thrush, Starling etc.

[IanF]

Good sightings with the Green Woodpeckers Ralph - not to mention the Red Kite.

We seem to have plenty of Great Spooted Woodies up our way, but you have to search hard to find Greenies. I know only of one place locally where you see them with any regularity. Are they any commoner down your way ?

[Dave Smith]

Green Woodpeckers are very common in Essex. Whenever we go out for a walk we inevitably see or hear them. Now to see a red kite here would be something.

[songbird6666]

I`m very sad to say that I`ve never seen a green woodpecker. I sometimes get a GSW come to the peanuts, and also a LSW less frequently. Greenies presumably don`t like peanuts?

[ralph]

I'm very hard-pushed to find a Great-Spot or Lesser-Spot down here. Green Woodpeckers tend to be the norm. Not that it bothers me, of course - I think the Greenies have a lot more character than their black & white counterparts. And of course, there's that 'laugh'.

;)

[MikePearson]

South Cambs, lots og greenies, especially around golf courses.

Greater spotted rarely seen but occaisionally heard in some of woodland towards the Beds border.

Mike

[Aube]

Green Woodpeckers are on the increase where i live, we had two juvinilles at the school no one knew what they were and asked me to tell them , I had 5 out side my house two years ago making such a racket , my neighbour thought it was a load of kids until i pointed them out .I love their manic feeding very shy and they look like little sewing machines with there heads going up and down eating the ants.