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Greater Spotted Woodpecker (juvenile)
Dendrocopos major
50.5856, -3.63162
Field Notes
Description:
A juvenile Greater Spotted Woodpecker determined by the red crown on peanut feeder
Habitat:
Garden backs onto mixed broadleaf woodland
Notes:
This 1000th spotting is very special to me for 2 reasons.
The first reason - The day after my dad passed away last June this young Woodpecker started coming to feed in my parents garden. Positioned for perfect viewing through their dining room window, every morning during breakfast my parents would watch all the birds visiting the feeders in their garden,
The second reason - One morning, a few days later, I could hear the woodpecker making a really loud distressful call, I dashed out and found the woodpecker in the jaws of a cat. Luckily the cat released it and although we did'nt see the Woodpecker back in the garden for a couple of days it soon started to revisit. So this spotting is in memory of my Dad
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