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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Steve Waite" data-source="post: 779406" data-attributes="member: 36269">I'd say two thing, once you have found a nice wood,  1.  In winter, just keep checking the tit flocks....don't dawdle around scanning each branch and twig of the whole wood, just walk and walk 'til you bump into an area with plenty of bird activity - Tits, Crests, Nuthatches and Treecreepers....that's where the Lesser will be.  2.  This is how I've found a lot of Lesser Peckers, in late June/July, walk around and listen for the calls, or should I say 'racket' of young begging Woodpeckers, find the tree the noise is coming from, find a hole, step back and wait for Mummy or Daddy to come in....sometimes it will be a Great Spotted, other times a Lesser, I've had absolutle superb views of them this way.  It really does work well.   Hope this helps!</blockquote>