Green Woodpecker 1 (S)                                                                                                              Green Woodpecker 01

Green woodpecker

GSWoodpecker 06 (male)

Great spotted woodpecker   Dendrocopos major

GSWoodpecker 26

GSWoodpecker 17                                                                    GSWoodpecker 12

Great Spotted Woodpeckers are very common throughout Britain yet evoke a sense of discovery and excitement to those who see one.  Why this is so I haven't fathomed yet but they are often depicted as the archetypal bird feeder bird!  These birds were photographed in the Forest of Dean at a feeding station I temporarily set up.

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