Sunday 26 May 2013

Great Spotted Woodpecker

I heard them before I saw them.  Chicks being fed sending up a super racket when the parents arrived.

It was interesting to watch the parents flying in.  They would land in a nearby tree and then with a series of jumps, scurries and short flights gradually home in on their tree and skilfully work their way up or down the trunk to their nesting hole.

 
I'd imagine in a few days the youngsters will be out of the nest but for now (May 25) it is a lovely thing to see and hear on an evening walk.
 

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