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Birds - Woodpeckers Page 17
Image Taken on 01 Sep 2023
at 14:46 Image of day on 26 Oct 2023
A juvenile male Green Woodpecker spends a few minutes on the meadow post.
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Image Taken on 22 Aug 2021
at 19:00 Image of day on 04 Oct 2021
The Meadow post has been drying out over the years, and was developed some wide
cracks down the length that are hardly visible in this view. The crack down the centre
you see here is a minor affair compared to the large crack that is about 10mm wide at the top.
Anyway, the Green Woodpecker has been systematically pecking inside the crack
(left) and (right) a minute later has pulled something out and you can see the tip of
his long tongue still sticking out of the tip of the beak.
In typical fashion, the light would go really dim for this interesting frame.
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Image Taken on 22 Aug 2021
at 16:53 Image of day on 04 Oct 2021
The juvenile male Green Woodpecker makes another visit, this one lasting almost
two and a half hours. We would like to think that these formed a little sequence,
but they are spaced over in excess of an hour, except the two on the ground about
1 minute apart.
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Image Taken on 22 Aug 2021
at 19:06 Image of day on 03 Oct 2021
An assortment of some of the fun moments of the juvenile male Woodpecker's visits.
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Image Taken on 08 Aug 2025
at 14:35 Image of day on 02 Oct 2025
Over a bit more than a day juvenile Green Woodpecker(s) made several visits to the Meadow Site.
In the centre image he is still drenched after getting out of the hidden bath.
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Image Taken on 14 Aug 2025
at 15:46 Image of day on 09 Oct 2025
NOT a montage nor adjusted - an unusual paring of the juvenile male Green Woodpecker
next to a Wood Pigeon.
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Image Taken on 25 May 2023
at 12:09 Image of day on 19 Jul 2023
Green Woodpeckers are back to frequenting the Meadow Post.
This beautiful male lands on the side - tail acting as a third landing 'leg'.
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Image Taken on 11 Jun 2020
at 13:11 Image of day on 10 Jul 2020
A male Green Woodpecker checking over the Meadow post.
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Image Taken on 11 Jul 2023
at 10:46 Image of day on 04 Sep 2023
It is clear that we have regular visits from a family of Green Woodpeckers - Mum, Dad
and now at least one sprog.
Here is the male landing in an extremely poor state - probably still wet from a bath.
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Image Taken on 10 Aug 2023
at 13:02 Image of day on 02 Oct 2023
We hear Green Woodpeckers more often than we see them.
Here is a rather dynamic moment of a male launching from the Meadow Post.
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Image Taken on 29 Aug 2021
at 11:14 Image of day on 12 Oct 2021
An adult male Green Woodpecker graces the meadow Post for a few minutes.
Read this right to left - a heavy landing, a scramble for secure footing, and then
a few minutes watching the world go by.
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Image Taken on 09 Feb 2021
at 14:31 Image of day on 20 Mar 2021
The local Green Woodpecker is very nervous of humans, so we hardly ever see him
for ourselves. But he seems to find the Meadow Post an acceptable place to perch.
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Image Taken on 26 Jul 2025
at 05:53 Image of day on 26 Sep 2025
2 days later this adult male Green Woodpecker stops momentarily
on the Meadow Post.
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Image Taken on 15 Jul 2025
at 09:13 Image of day on 31 Aug 2025
Earlier we showed a little montage of a juvenile Green Woodpecker.
Here we see what may be Dad.
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Image Taken on 03 Jun 2025
at 10:45 Image of day on 25 Jul 2025
The male Green Woodpecker visits the Meadow post.
Green Woodpeckers are a bit bigger than Great Spotted Woodpeckers.
Representing size in photos and videos is a major problem
without artificially including items for comparison. Even if you DO
include something known (like a coin) they are meaningless in
foreign countries or even the same country years later.
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Image Taken on 16 Nov 2022
at 10:45 Image of day on 17 Dec 2022
A local male Green Woodpecker takes a selfie in the sunshine.
His beak is coated with mud - at this time of year an 'occupational hazard'
for a bird that feeds by probing the ground and Ant nests.
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Image Taken on 05 Dec 2019
at 14:08 Image of day on 11 Jan 2020
A Green Woodpecker stops briefly on the meadow post.
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Image Taken on 01 Jul 2015
at 19:59 Image of day on 29 Aug 2015
Glowing in the early evening light, this male Green Woodpecker
hiked himself onto the top giving us a good view
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Image Taken on 05 Jul 2023
at 15:08 Image of day on 31 Aug 2023
Two rather different aspects of the same male Green Woodpecker.
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Image Taken on 03 Jun 2020
at 18:48 Image of day on 07 Jul 2020
Here this male Green Woodpecker provides a little show of his antics.
The top of this post is getting eroded and a split down the length also
reaches the top. There may be useful things to peck for, though Green Woodpeckers
primarily feed of ants, of which our meadow provides a good supply.
You can clearly see the tail used as a 'third leg'
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