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Image Taken on 25 Jun 2013
at 16:56 Image of day on 07 Aug 2013
The Great Spotted Woodpecker youngster spend hours a day
demanding to be fed. You can see the mother (lower bird) with
beak inside the ever hungry youngster's unfillable chasm!
 being fed peanut chips by parent (discontinuous) 08 of 13 (crop)(r+mb id@768).jpg)
Ref: 20130807_dc1_20130625_1656_044 great spotted woodpecker juvenile (left) being fed peanut chips by parent (discontinuous) 08 of 13 (crop)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 27 Jul 2023
at 17:08 Image of day on 19 Sep 2023
This juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker has a ring on this right leg - a nice
shiny new one at that - but even though the ring is 'sharp' it is too restricted
a view to read it reliably. We have passed the image and an enlargement of the
ring to our local RSPB recorder.
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Ref: 20230919_e63_20230727_1708_037_fb1 great spotted woodpecker juvenile (prob female) with right leg ringed (crop)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 01 Jun 2024
at 12:09 Image of day on 25 Jun 2024
A juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker visits the Kitchen perch - our first
sighting of a juvenile this year.
The breast of this bird seems unusually Grey.
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Ref: 20240625_e60_20240601_1209_049_fb3 great spotted woodpecker juvenile - very grey breast(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 13 Jun 2012
at 12:36 Image of day on 13 Jul 2012
2 hour later the juvenile flew straight at the kitchen window and
landed stunned on the grass a few feet from the wall. Here it is
having a rest for a few minutes before flying off while we watched
out for cats etc. It did the same again next day, but a much
lighter impact allowed it to fly away without stopping.
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Ref: 20120713_df1_20120613_1236_340 great spotted woodpecker juvenile after flying into window after being fed (crop)(r+mb id@432).jpg
Image Taken on 27 Jun 2012
at 12:11 Image of day on 18 Aug 2012
The Squirrel is not always there, and all of the juvenile Great Spotted
Woodpeckers have learned how to use this tough but accessible peanut feeder.
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Ref: 20120818_fj1_20120627_1211_016 great spotted woodpecker juvenile arriving at the peanut feeder(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 30 Jul 2021
at 14:39 Image of day on 16 Sep 2021
A juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker also visits the meadow post, but prefers ...
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Ref: 20210916_d01_20210730_1439_119_fb6 great spotted woodpecker juvenile at meadow post(r+mb id@432).jpg
Image Taken on 03 Aug 2009
at 18:37 Image of day on 16 Sep 2009
The combination of flash (lasts about 0.001 sec) and shutter
movement blur (about 0.05 sec) has produced this rather unusual
view of a juvenile woodpecker.
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Ref: 20090916_d36_20090803_1837_007_fb3 great spotted woodpecker juvenile beating wings(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 12 Jun 2015
at 08:03 Image of day on 14 Aug 2015
This Great Spotted Woodpecker juvenile (left) had us 'in stitches' as it
decided that the head of a Pampas grass was a good place to wait to be fed.
It could barely keep it's balance on the swaying and bouncing weak material,
and the arrival of it's mother doubled the problem and arranged a sort of
bobbing ballet of birds. Its a wonder we got any photos at all!
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Ref: 20150814_df2_20150612_0803_016 great spotted woodpecker juvenile being fed by mother on pampas grass head (crop)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 12 Jun 2015
at 08:03 Image of day on 14 Aug 2015
Finally aligning beaks, the mother (right) puts her own beak right
inside that of the hungry youngster
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Ref: 20150814_df2_20150612_0803_022 great spotted woodpecker juvenile being fed by mother on pampas grass head (crop 2)(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 05 Jun 2025
at 13:26 Image of day on 24 Jul 2025
This Juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker seems to be doing 'Pecking Practice'
and has chosen the kitchen bird table and perch as targets.
On the right of the top image there is a little damage to the perch between
the bird and the chain.
The middle image shows the bird beak occupied with a piece of wood.
The bottom image shows that the relatively weak edge of the 'table' is the next target.
Well, he is a Woodpecker!
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Ref: 20250724_pk1_20250605_1326_833+861+1327_863 great spotted woodpecker juvenile damaging edge of bird table (montage)(r+mb id@1024).jpg
Image Taken on 08 Aug 2021
at 09:27 Image of day on 18 Sep 2021
We see several juvenile Great Spotted Woodpeckers visiting the peanut feeders
for a quick high protein feed. These cages do block the Grey Squirrels, but this
bird's long beak and slender head means that the cage is no barrier, and that's
fine with us.
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Ref: 20210918_pk1_20210808_0927_350 great spotted woodpecker juvenile feeding at kitchen peanut feeder(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 04 Jun 2022
at 20:19 Image of day on 15 Jul 2022
The Juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker flies in to land next to Mum.
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Ref: 20220715_e60_20220604_2019_113_fb3 great spotted woodpecker juvenile flies over female on perch(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 09 Aug 2011
at 14:25 Image of day on 25 Sep 2011
The bird spotted us and took his nut away to come back later.
(Poor quality hurried shot not suitable for printing)
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Ref: 20110925_df1_20110809_1425_175-177 great spotted woodpecker juvenile flying from post with hazelnut in beak 1-3 of 4 (approx montage @ 7fps)(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 06 Jun 2020
at 07:23 Image of day on 08 Jul 2020
A juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker probably watching us watching them
from a lichen covered willow branch.
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Ref: 20200708_df3_20200606_0723_035 great spotted woodpecker juvenile in willow tree(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 19 Jun 2019
at 14:32 Image of day on 30 Jul 2019
We have lost count of the Great Spotted Woodpecker juveniles, now
with the full spread from 'Feed Me' to 'I'll Feed Myself' including the
'I'll accept what's offered but find my own as well'.
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Ref: 20190730_e60_20190619_1432_107_fb3 great spotted woodpecker juvenile landing(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 26 Jul 2022
at 19:34 Image of day on 09 Sep 2022
We no longer see much of Great Spotted Woodpeckers on feeders near the house -
at this time of year there is masses of 'natural' food available.
But this juvenile sweeps in with aplomb to check out the hedge bottom.
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Ref: 20220909_e63_20220726_1934_211_fb1 great spotted woodpecker juvenile landing at hedge bottom(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 01 Jun 2011
at 07:01 Image of day on 09 Jul 2011
A juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker arrives behind an apparently
oblivious Grey Squirrel. When we first saw this we wished we had
another frame a second or two later.
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Ref: 20110709_d3b_20110601_0701_236_fb3 great spotted woodpecker juvenile landing on peanut feeder perch occupied by grey squirrel (crop)(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 06 Aug 2024
at 10:50 Image of day on 23 Sep 2024
This juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker touches down on the meadow post and in
half a second is already on their way again. Some (animal) visitors really
don't like the photo flash (some 15m away) while others completely ignore it.
We may see this individual again when they realise the flash is completely harmless.
We notice that Owls never react like this - perhaps sweeping
car headlight beams are so much a part of their nightly patrols that it is just
flashes of light are 'nothing unusual'.
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Ref: 20240923_d01_20240806_1050_029+030_fb6 great spotted woodpecker juvenile lands and launches from meadow post (montage over 500ms)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 10 Aug 2012
at 07:25 Image of day on 21 Sep 2012
From the top of the track-side Lombardy poplar a juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker
launches itself downwards. Accurately spaced at 7 fps except for a frame missing
between the 2 rightmost birds.
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Ref: 20120921_df1_20120810_0725_047+49-53 great spotted woodpecker juvenile launching at top of lombardy poplar 1-6 of 6 (montage @7fps)(r+mb id@1024).jpg
Image Taken on 07 Aug 2011
at 18:09 Image of day on 25 Sep 2011
A Great Spotted Woodpecker Juvenile fixing his beady eye on a hazel nut
a few metres from the bottom of the pole in the next images.
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Ref: 20110925_d45_20110807_1809_268_fb1 great spotted woodpecker juvenile looking at hazelnuts on the ground(r+mb id@576).jpg
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