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It was a pleasant surprise this morning to have a visit from this great spotted woodpecker long enough to take some pictures and a video. This rather scruffy looking bird is a male judging by the red patch on the back of his head. In recent weeks we have been visited by a female so if they are a pair we may see some offspring in the garden like we did in the summer of 2019. I suspect they may be nesting in the golf course which is about 200 metres away (as the crow flies).
In the last few days I caught our bluetit pair exchanging a love token morsel and the goldfinches continue to eat the dandelion seeds. Now two weeks old the NTU peregrine chick will soon be too big for its mother to brood.
Beeston Birdman 