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#365DaysWild, birding, birdwatching, British birds, Cosmeston, Cosmeston Lakes Country Park, Green woodpecker, juvenile Green woodpecker
Two visits in a row I’ve seen this juvenile Green woodpecker and its parent in the same area at Cosmeston Lakes Country Park. (You can tell it’s a juvenile by the dark streaking on its face and underparts.)
It’s a small fenced off area where not too many people venture but that makes it all the more attractive to me. The lack of frequent foot traffic means it’s a good place to observe birds and butterflies, and I guess the adult woodpecker has also realised it’s a safer place for its offspring as the juvenile begins to make its own way in the world.
This is not the only juvenile Green woodpecker in the park at the moment. After seeing these two the other day, I also heard a lot of yaffling in another location and, as I approached, saw four Green woodpeckers fly up from the ground into the neighbouring trees. Whether that was two adults and two juveniles, or one adult and three juveniles, I’ve yet to discover.
Shelly Gunderson said:
Those are lovely birds! I have never seen or heard of this variety. Nice captures!
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sconzani said:
We only have 3 species of woodpecker in Britain, and one of those is rarely seen. These and the Great spotted are reasonably common.
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John Wilson said:
There’s certainly been a lot of calling recently although I’ve only had flight views. I had what was clearly and ad and a juv calling incessantly last week in an area near the golf course – to my failing ears juv call was not as clear and fluty as adult – sounded like it had a soe throat!
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sconzani said:
These were in that area just up from the kids playground, so possibly the same two.
The other four were in the snipe paddock and flew up into the trees edging Cogan Wood.
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Toffeeapple said:
How exciting!
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sconzani said:
It’s lovely to see all the juvenile birds out and about. 🙂
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