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Birds - Woodpeckers Page 15

Image Taken on 11 May 2026 at 18:56 Image of day on 15 Jun 2026

Two days apart we see probably the same male Green Woodpecker first on the Meadow post, and then on at the Meadow site, perhaps 10 metres away. On the right he is at the sunken water bowl, and may have his head high to pour water down his throat.

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Image Taken on 06 Jun 2026 at 14:29 Image of day on 16 Jul 2026

This male Green Woodpecker at the Meadow site, currently surrounded by a sea of Oxeye Daisies.

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Image Taken on 09 Jun 2026 at 06:24 Image of day on 16 Jul 2026

This male Green Woodpecker is complemented by one of the many patches of Oxeye Daisies.

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Image Taken on 24 May 2026 at 10:05 Image of day on 30 Jun 2026

Green Woodpeckers are back in evidence.
They mainly hunt the ground for ants - and anything else they can find.

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Image Taken on 09 May 2026 at 09:48 Image of day on 15 Jun 2026

This male Green Woodpecker stops for a drink.

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Image Taken on 09 Feb 2026 at 09:30 Image of day on 28 Mar 2026

Just this male Green Woodpecker is appearing at the moment.

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Image Taken on 24 May 2024 at 17:36 Image of day on 17 Jun 2024

Look at the bottom of the post that the Wood Pigeon is occupying, and you will see the male Green Woodpecker clambering up to displace the Pigeon and take possession of the post top!

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Image Taken on 22 Jun 2019 at 15:41 Image of day on 13 Aug 2019

Here the juvenile gets a feed, immediately afterwards demanding MORE.

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Image Taken on 22 Jun 2019 at 15:41 Image of day on 13 Aug 2019

At a distant pole put up decades ago (and repeatedly repaired) we spotted juvenile and adult Green Woodpecker feeding activity.

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Image Taken on 29 Dec 2025 at 14:03 Image of day on 06 Feb 2026

This male Green woodpecker departs at speed.

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Image Taken on 02 Jun 2026 at 17:37 Image of day on 16 Jul 2026

The male Green Woodpecker stops for a moment on the Meadow Post.

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Image Taken on 14 Jun 2008 at 08:06 Image of day on 27 Jun 2008

Have been trying for ages to get a photo of a Green Woodpecker in flight and finally got lucky. Green woodpeckers go in for 'bounding flight' - flap like mad and then streamline and glide/ballistic to save wind resistance.

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Image Taken on 26 Aug 2021 at 10:20 Image of day on 08 Oct 2021

A juvenile male Green Woodpecker spends a quarter of an hour on the Meadow Post.

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Image Taken on 14 Jul 2023 at 10:31 Image of day on 09 Sep 2023

Here we catch the adult male Green Woodpecker (right) with a juvenile male - undoubtedly 'his' youngster.

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Image Taken on 23 Aug 2023 at 14:29 Image of day on 18 Oct 2023

A Detail from the above.
We really can believe that birds descended from Dinosaurs!

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Image Taken on 23 Aug 2023 at 14:29 Image of day on 18 Oct 2023

Photographed about 10 minutes apart we twice see this juvenile Green Woodpecker picking over the meadow site.

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Image Taken on 30 Aug 2021 at 10:57 Image of day on 12 Oct 2021

... before another visit a few minutes later.

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Image Taken on 19 Aug 2021 at 18:44 Image of day on 29 Sep 2021

This week has been a bonanza for sightings of what for now appears to be a 'resident' juvenile male Green Woodpecker. Here he spent about 7 minutes on the top of the Meadow Post.

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Image Taken on 30 Aug 2021 at 10:43 Image of day on 12 Oct 2021

Back to the juvenile Green Woodpeckers - here probing the crack in the top of the post before being caught departing ...

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Image Taken on 07 Aug 2025 at 08:00 Image of day on 02 Oct 2025

The juvenile male Green Woodpecker looking down at the hidden water trough.

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