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Image Taken on 02 Dec 2010
at 08:35 Image of day on 27 Jan 2011
15 minutes later the jackdaws have gone and smaller birds have arrived
for THEIR breakfast (4 species in genuine single frame).
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Image Taken on 16 Dec 2011
at 14:20 Image of day on 20 Jan 2012
4 Successive frames saw this chaffinch flying fairly close by the
male Great Spotted Woodpecker within just 3 minutes. We are sure
it was trying harass it away.
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Ref: 20120120_d3b_20111216_1420_072-1422_075_fb3 chaffinch female 4 flybys by great spotted woodpecker male in 3 mins 1-4 of 4 (montage)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 29 Aug 2011
at 17:54 Image of day on 19 Oct 2011
We know this because 15 minutes later we spotted this bird on the
pole near site one having a peck at the pine cone, and within the
same minute a hazelnut. Yes, there are 2 holes, and she chose
different holes for the two items. We have montaged 2 of the
images together (trying our best to match the exposures). We are
sure it is the same bird as the ground level image from examining
the head detail in the originals..
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Ref: 20111019_df1_20110829_1754_005+010 great spotted juvenile woodpecker with pine cone then hazel nut in cracks of pole (montage)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 07 May 2010
at 19:01 Image of day on 07 Jun 2010
The starlings and the Great Spotted woodpeckers really don't get on.
At dusk on one day ...
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Ref: 20100607_d3b_20100507_1901_052_fb3 great spotted woodpecker & starling skirmish(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 08 May 2010
at 06:25 Image of day on 07 Jun 2010
and here at dawn on the next.
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Ref: 20100607_d3b_20100508_0625_061_fb3 great spotted woodpecker & starling skirmish (crop)(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 10 Jun 2011
at 05:55 Image of day on 13 Jul 2011
We got 2 frames almost identical to this, but don't know why the
juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker has chosen to hang from the perch.
But then why not - they spend their lives on vertical trunks and search
top and bottom of branches for insects.
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Ref: 20110713_d3b_20110610_0555_213_fb3 great spotted woodpecker adult on perch with juvenile hanging underneath (crop)(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 28 May 2011
at 15:07 Image of day on 04 Jul 2011
The brown band above the beak of Great Spotted Woodpeckers is
always shown as white in ID books and other photographs. But some
of the birds we see gradually change to shades of brown during
the breeding season (and moult back to white) so we think it must
by something about the nest site or other feeding habitat that
leads to staining to various degrees - this is as dark as we
remember seeing it.
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Ref: 20110704_d35_20110528_1507_068_fb4 great spotted woodpecker adult with white feathers above beak stained brown (q) (crop)(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 17 Jan 2012
at 08:27 Image of day on 08 Feb 2012
Plenty for both the female Great Spotted Woodpecker and the male Starling,
but they each want it ALL!
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Ref: 20120208_d3b_20120117_0827_034_fb3 great spotted woodpecker and starling male squabbling (crop 1)(r+mb id@1024).jpg
Image Taken on 13 Jun 2008
at 14:39 Image of day on 29 Jun 2008
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Ref: 20080629_db1_20080613_1439_014 great spotted woodpecker chick (web crop)(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 13 Jun 2008
at 14:38 Image of day on 29 Jun 2008
The Great spotted woodpecker chick likes our peanut feeders and unfortunately
also the wooden post it hangs from! Here it is with Mother and
then on its own. Have not seen 'Dad' lately - may be sad, or
maybe feeding elsewhere with another chick.
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Ref: 20080629_db1_20080613_1438_010 great spotted woodpecker chick and mother on vertical log (web crop)(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 11 Jun 2008
at 14:16 Image of day on 21 Jun 2008
Fledgelings everywhere are 'begging' food from their parents. On a
gloomy afternoon through the kitchen window we watched the Great Spotted
Woodpecker chick on the left is being fed by Mum. Next day he had
fathomed out the feeder for him/her self.
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Ref: 20080621_dc1_20080611_1416_017 great spotted woodpecker feeding chick on peanut feeder(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 16 Jun 2008
at 06:19 Image of day on 08 Jul 2008
A surprisingly pristine female Great spotted woodpecker on the
peanut feeder crossbar. The youngster has learned how to use the
feeders, saving her a lot of work.
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Ref: 20080708_db1_20080616_0619_004 great spotted woodpecker female(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 30 May 2011
at 07:47 Image of day on 04 Jul 2011
There are at least 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker youngsters being
fed peanut fragments extracted from the feeder by a parent. This
adult female (left) shows the more usual light stain above the
beak.
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Ref: 20110704_df1_20110530_0747_021 great spotted woodpecker female feeding peanut fragments to juvenile(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 05 Apr 2009
at 19:20 Image of day on 04 May 2009
There are a pair of Great Spotted Woodpeckers visiting various places around the house.
Do hope they are breeding somewhere near.
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Ref: 20090504_d50_20090405_1920_010 fb3 great spotted woodpecker female landing(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 15 Mar 2010
at 08:51 Image of day on 18 Apr 2010
A female Great spotted woodpecker seems to have taken a liking to
the tree-trunk top. Here she is using her tail as a prop in the
woodpecker's characteristic way. No wonder the tail tips get so
tatty and dirty.
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Ref: 20100418_d35_20100315_0851_003_fb4 great spotted woodpecker female on tree trunk side braced by tail (crop)(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 13 Apr 2012
at 12:02 Image of day on 15 May 2012
Not much here for the Great Spotted Woodpecker female.
Her muddy beak suggests she has been turning over or probing the soil somewhere.
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Ref: 20120515_d35_20120413_1202_015_fb4 great spotted woodpecker female on tree-stump top(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 10 Jun 2011
at 06:38 Image of day on 13 Jul 2011
40 minutes later the mother Great Spotted Woodpecker defends her
place from aggressor male starling.
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Ref: 20110713_d3b_20110610_0638_224_fb3 great spotted woodpecker female skirmishing with starling male in flight (crop)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 11 May 2009
at 17:36 Image of day on 01 Jun 2009
Windy day with trees blowing about had this great spotted
woodpecker determinedly hanging on,
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Ref: 20090601_db1_20090511_1736_007 great spotted woodpecker hanging on in windblown swaying cypress(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 07 Nov 2008
at 09:50 Image of day on 27 Nov 2008
Montage of Great Spotted Woodpecker in bounding flight (flap like mad for
a second or two, then fold wings and coast).
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Ref: 20081127_dc1_20081107_0950_003+004 great spotted woodpecker in bounding flight (montage)(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 04 Jul 2010
at 17:46 Image of day on 17 Aug 2010
We thought the spread tail and generally perky look made an unusual
view of this Juvenile Great spotted woodpecker.
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Ref: 20100817_d3b_20100704_1746_026_fb3 great spotted woodpecker juvenile(r+mb id@576).jpg
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