Pickett Envy (Piccs of Woodpeckers)

[British Red]

Well, not a patch on Mr Picketts rare Lesser Spotted photos but we have always been lucky with regular woodpecker visits to the garden . We have had a few interesting visits lately though

Here we have a juvenile Greater Spotted(photo is Bushbaby's I enviously confess)

Tonight we had a pair of greens. Strangely we often see the males but the females far less frequently

This is the male

and this the female

Although regular visitors, theres something about woodpeckers - I'll still take the time to watch them!

Red

 

[Jodie]

I have never seen one! Heard 'em though.

 

[British Red]

Call in when you are passing mate - the woods on the farm are full of em! Never seen a Lesser Spotted (yet) though

Red

 

[decorum]

Great photos Red. I'm lucky enough to have seen and heard Greater, Lesser and Green Woodpeckers. The last time I watched Greater Spotted Woodpeckers they had the misfortune of mistaking a concrete lamp post for a tree Evolving into Concretepeckers?. Very graceful and elegant birds which, after repeatedly head butting concrete can lack intellegence

 

[Galemys]

Great pictures,
greater spotted woodpeckers are common here as well but I rarely see the green ones.
Your 'female' is a juvenile by the way, they are the speckled ones, the females closely resemble the males but have no red in their 'moustache'.

Tom

 

[British Red]

Cheers Tom thanks for the info!

red

 

[jon r]

Blimey Red! They are beauties! Especially that Greater spotted! Wow! Fantastic photography! Well done!

 

[Fenlander]

Well, not a patch on Mr Picketts rare Lesser Spotted photos but we have always been lucky with regular woodpecker visits to the garden . We have had a few interesting visits lately though


and this the female

Red

This is actually a juvenile mate

 

[British Red]

Yep, Tom corrected me. Its amazing how little you can tell from books huh? I love this forum for that - I learn so much by messing up my IDs how else do you learn though? The worst of my mistake is, I think not only is it a juvenile, but I suspect it might also a male juvenile

"man dies by being pecked to death by offended green woodpecker teenager"

Red

 

[JonnyP]

Nice shots there Red, I only have distance shots of greens, I tend to see more of them while working in peoples gardens, than I see while out and about, though I often hear them yaffling.... I have never seen a greater spotted on the ground...