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great spotted woodpecker

  1. Great spotted woodpecker

    Great spotted woodpecker

  2. Maturing

    Maturing

    The young Great Spotted Woodpecker was a bit more independent now and finding his own way around the feeding station. BTW yesterday I was observing after filling the feeders and a female came to the nuts, later a male came, shortly after a third arrived and caused chaos with all three flying...
  3. Great Spotted Woodpecker

    Great Spotted Woodpecker

  4. Two thirds

    Two thirds

    Without going back through all my Great Spotted Woodpecker pictures, I can't remember seeing them drawing the third eyelid (nictitating membrane) over the eye when eating. But he shows it quite well here, with it almost covering the eye. This is a juvenile of course.
  5. Tight grip

    Tight grip

    This Great Spotted Woodpecker seemed determined to make sure he wasn't going to fall off this peanut feeder!! They really make the best use of their well-designed tail sometimes, don't they. I think it's a male, just didn't get a good view of the nape, but just one shot showed a little and I...
  6. Mr peanut lover

    Mr peanut lover

    The male Great Spotted Woodpecker sure was showing his partiality for peanut butter. Headed straight for it that day!
  7. Great spotted woodpecker

    Great spotted woodpecker

  8. Escort

    Escort

    I suddenly became aware that, unusally, there were two Great Spotted Woodpeckers around. Eventually I discovered that an adult male had brought a juvenile with him to show him where he could get some food. Excitement of the week that!!
  9. Peanut Butter

    Peanut Butter

    My female Great Spotted Woodpecker just loves the peanut butter that I smear on the tree. Actually she's not alone, the Red Squirrel and all the tits do to. Sometimes I think that they wouldn't mind if we didn't put seed, nuts and fatballs out for them, as long as there was peanut butter LOL
  10. Oh do go away

    Oh do go away

    The woodie didn't seem to be too pleased to have a camera pointing at him. Rather funnily, I'd no idea the Coal Tit was there until I downloaded it!! Saturday Fun
  11. Clinging on

    Clinging on

    For some reason the Great Spotted Woodpeckers seem to prefer the nuts at the bottom of the feeder. This is the male, we hadn't seen the female for a while, so presumably she was still on nest duty.
  12. Tutu

    Tutu

    A Great Spotted Woodpecker flopped onto the back side of a tree and started to move round... when suddenly he took off. I just couldn't delete that picture, it just looked so artistic. Saturday fun
  13. Forward Planning

    Forward Planning

    Back at Loch of the Lowes. I was watching a Great Spotted Woodpecker at the nut feeder, when he flew across to a dead tree, which he appeared to attack! Then back to the nuts again. He repeated this once or twice, when I suddenly realised he was storing the nuts in holes in the tree!!! I...
  14. Sparrowhawk - Accipiter nisus

    Sparrowhawk - Accipiter nisus

    Sparrowhawk with prey, a Great Spotted Woodpecker in my garden, taken through my doors double glazing
  15. Great Spotted Woodpecker Pair and Chicks, Walthamstow Wetlands, London, UK, Normal Speed, May 2024

    Great Spotted Woodpecker Pair and Chicks, Walthamstow Wetlands, London, UK, Normal Speed, May 2024

    Video of a pair of Great Spotted Woodpeckers (Dendrocopos major) feeding their chicks in the nest at Walthamstow Wetlands, London, UK @50fps.
  16. Great Spotted Woodpecker Pair and Chicks, Walthamstow Wetlands, London, UK, Slow Motion, May 2024

    Great Spotted Woodpecker Pair and Chicks, Walthamstow Wetlands, London, UK, Slow Motion, May 2024

    Video of a pair of Great Spotted Woodpeckers (Dendrocopos major) feeding their chicks at Walthamstow Wetlands, London, UK
  17. Nuts are old hat!

    Nuts are old hat!

    This Great Spotted Woodpecker seems to prefer having fatballs on his diet today!! I think they must be nesting a bit away from the feeding station, as I've not seen either of them for a couple of weeks now. Unless, of course, they're coming when I'm not there.
  18. 11-04-2024 Great Spotted Woodpecker.jpg

    11-04-2024 Great Spotted Woodpecker.jpg

    Great Spotted Woodpecker - bird was quite small - poss Juvenile ?
  19. Scozmos

    Meet the 'peckers

    I've been photographing a pair of GSW for the last couple of years and sometimes capture a video or two so, I'm going to collect their story this year, if possible, in the hope they'll bring the youngsters back again. Looks like pop has been nest building already. Meet the 'peckers 2024
  20. Going Boss-eyed

    Going Boss-eyed

    A Great Spotted Woodpecker wondering what on earth is stuck on the end of her bill and how the heck to get rid of it! Saturday Fun
  21. Great Spotted Woodpecker

    Great Spotted Woodpecker

  22. Great Spotted Woodpecker

    Great Spotted Woodpecker

  23. There's something in the air

    There's something in the air

    Yesterday evening as the sun was going down and there was a bit of competition for the feeders
  24. Great Spotted Woodpecker & Ring-Necked Parakeet

    Great Spotted Woodpecker & Ring-Necked Parakeet

    While watching this woodpecker on the feeder, this parakeet would, every now and then, jump of its branch and try and force the woodpecker off, after a bit of luck I managed this shot during the attack! (It still didn't move the woodpecker though!)
  25. Isn't it nice....

    Isn't it nice....

    .... when a Great Spotted Woodpecker gives you such a clear view of the nape so you can definitely ID it. So many of my pictures I end up searching through, blowing them up, getting the magnifying glass out, just to check whether I can see the teeniest weeniest bit of red!!! One of the pair...
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