Great Spotted Woodpecker juv? Lost Gardens of Heligan Cornwall England (1 Viewer)

[Andy Hurley]

Hi,
this shy little woodie kept sticking his/her head out and going back in. Is it GSW?

thanks

 

[lou salomon]

female juvenile GSW it is.

 

[Mr Happy]

female juvenile GSW it is.

Intresting. How have you sexed it as a female?

 

[KenM]

Intresting. How have you sexed it as a female?

Juvenile males have a ''greater'' plume of red as this...

 

[Mr Happy]

Juvenile males have a ''greater'' plume of red as this...

thanks....

 

[Andy Hurley]

Thanks everyone