Andy Adcock
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First Wheatears, Starlings and Skylarks today plus we found the first breeding evidence of Black woodpecker on our patch just 500m from home.
I've never heard or seen the Woodpeckers during summer so assumed they bred elsewhere, don't usually see then until well in to August.
Waders coming through too, Lapwings are back and first Greenshank seen today.
An interesting fact about the Woodpeckers is that the male and female both, excavate holes, they usually choose the males (apparently better constructed?)hole to nest in where the male will sit on the eggs at night whilst the female, goes off to sleep in her own hole.
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I've never heard or seen the Woodpeckers during summer so assumed they bred elsewhere, don't usually see then until well in to August.
Waders coming through too, Lapwings are back and first Greenshank seen today.
An interesting fact about the Woodpeckers is that the male and female both, excavate holes, they usually choose the males (apparently better constructed?)hole to nest in where the male will sit on the eggs at night whilst the female, goes off to sleep in her own hole.
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