The Great Spotted Woodpecker

The Great Spotted Woodpecker. A few weeks ago, in mid-December, I wrote about spotting the Great Spotted Woodpecker. Yesterday whilst out walking and in the same location, and that my wife and I call Woodpecker Gate, I saw him again and managed to grab a few pictures. I won’t write in detail about the woodpecker […]

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Snowy Robin Redbreast winter scenes

Who doesn’t like the robin There are probably very few people who don’t enjoy the sight of the Robin Redbreast and it’s fair to say that it’s one of my favourite birds. I recently wrote a blog post Little Robin Redbreast and I did mention in that post that although the robin is very much […]

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Little Robin Redbreast – a common sight

A regular sight The Robin Red Breast is almost as common a sight as any other bird on my daily walk, and it’s hard to think of day when a robin isn’t to be seen. Although the European robin is associated with Christmas he is fact an all year round bird. It’s worth saying as […]

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Spotting the Great Spotted Woodpecker

Great Spotted Woodpecker

Spotting the Spotted Woodpecker There are three species of woodpecker that breed in the UK: the green woodpecker; the lesser spotted woodpecker and the great spotted woodpecker. The Lesser Spotted is a declining species of woodpecker whilst the great spotted and the green are pretty common and can be found across the UK, although I […]

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