Great Spotted Woodpecker - Picoides major

The beautifully marked Great Spotted Woodpecker - Dendrocopos major - is resident across Eurasia from the UK to Japan and will inhabit any area which is not too cold or dry to have woodland habitat. It eats mainly insects and larvae and will happily visit safe feeders for nuts, seeds and suet (as can be seen here). They will also eat carrion occasionally and will raid the nests of other birds for their eggs and even chicks. This one was seen at Pennington Flash.

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