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Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)

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Juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopus major) feeding on peanuts at a garden feeding station, Cumbria, England
Juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopus major) feeding on peanuts at a garden feeding station, Cumbria, England
Juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopus major) feeding on peanuts at a garden feeding station, Cumbria, England
Juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopus major) feeding on peanuts at a garden feeding station, Cumbria, England
Juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopus major) feeding on peanuts at a garden feeding station, Cumbria, England: the t...
Juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopus major) feeding on peanuts at a garden feeding station, Cumbria, England: the tongue is extended and the eye part closed.
Juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopus major) feeding on peanuts at a garden feeding station, Cumbria, England
Juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopus major) feeding on peanuts at a garden feeding station, Cumbria, England
Male Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopus major) with food in its bill, perching in a garden Lilac tree (Syringa sp), Cumbri...
Male Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopus major) with food in its bill, perching in a garden Lilac tree (Syringa sp), Cumbria, England
Male Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopus major) (right) feeding a juvenile on a garden bird table, Cumbria, England: Image ...
Male Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopus major) (right) feeding a juvenile on a garden bird table, Cumbria, England: Image 1 in a sequence of 7
Male Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopus major) (right) feeding a juvenile on a garden bird table, Cumbria, England: Image ...
Male Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopus major) (right) feeding a juvenile on a garden bird table, Cumbria, England: Image 2 in a sequence of 7
Male Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopus major) (right) feeding a juvenile on a garden bird table, Cumbria, England: Image ...
Male Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopus major) (right) feeding a juvenile on a garden bird table, Cumbria, England: Image 3 in a sequence of 7
Male Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopus major) (right) feeding a juvenile on a garden bird table, Cumbria, England: Image ...
Male Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopus major) (right) feeding a juvenile on a garden bird table, Cumbria, England: Image 4 in a sequence of 7
Male Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopus major) (right) feeding a juvenile on a garden bird table, Cumbria, England: Image ...
Male Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopus major) (right) feeding a juvenile on a garden bird table, Cumbria, England: Image 5 in a sequence of 7
Male Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopus major) (right) feeding a juvenile on a garden bird table, Cumbria, England: Image ...
Male Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopus major) (right) feeding a juvenile on a garden bird table, Cumbria, England: Image 6 in a sequence of 7
Male Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopus major) (right) feeding a juvenile on a garden bird table, Cumbria, England: Image ...
Male Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopus major) (right) feeding a juvenile on a garden bird table, Cumbria, England: Image 7 in a sequence of 7
Juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopus major) (left) waiting on a bird table to be fed by its parent, Cumbria, England
Juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopus major) (left) waiting on a bird table to be fed by its parent, Cumbria, England
Juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopus major), Cumbria, England
Juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopus major), Cumbria, England
Parent Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) (left) feeding its fledgling (right) with pieces of peanut from a garden ...
Parent Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) (left) feeding its fledgling (right) with pieces of peanut from a garden feeding station, Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England
Female Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) on a peanut feeder with guardian to exclude squirrels and larger birds, L...
Female Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) on a peanut feeder with guardian to exclude squirrels and larger birds, Leighton Moss, Lancashire, England. Image 1 of 3: Surmountable problem?
Female Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) on a peanut feeder with guardian to exclude squirrels and larger birds, L...
Female Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) on a peanut feeder with guardian to exclude squirrels and larger birds, Leighton Moss, Lancashire, England. Image 2 of 3: Insert the head very carefully...
Female Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) on a peanut feeder with guardian to exclude squirrels and larger birds, L...
Female Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) on a peanut feeder with guardian to exclude squirrels and larger birds, Leighton Moss, Lancashire, England. Image 3 of 3: It helps to have a long neck and long tongue (tongue is visible)!
Juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) on a garden bird table, Cumbria, England
Juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) on a garden bird table, Cumbria, England
Juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) on a garden peanut feeder, Cumbria, England
Juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) on a garden peanut feeder, Cumbria, England
Juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) on a garden peanut feeder, Cumbria, England
Juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) on a garden peanut feeder, Cumbria, England
Juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) on a dry limestone wall, Cumbria, England
Juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) on a dry limestone wall, Cumbria, England
Juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopus major) on an old limestone garden wall, Cumbria, England
Juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopus major) on an old limestone garden wall, Cumbria, England
Fledgling Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) (left) being fed by its male parent in a garden Lilac tree, Cumbria, E...
Fledgling Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) (left) being fed by its male parent in a garden Lilac tree, Cumbria, England
Juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) on a garden bird table, Cumbria, England
Juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) on a garden bird table, Cumbria, England
Juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) watching its out-of-focus parent flying towards it with food, Cumbria, ...
Juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) watching its out-of-focus parent flying towards it with food, Cumbria, England
Juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) perching on a moss-covered tree trunk with an out-of-focus fern frond b...
Juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) perching on a moss-covered tree trunk with an out-of-focus fern frond behind, Cumbria, England
Juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) perching on the back of decaying garden furniture, Cumbria, England
Juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) perching on the back of decaying garden furniture, Cumbria, England
Juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) on a garden bird table, Cumbria, England
Juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) on a garden bird table, Cumbria, England
Juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) (right) being fed by its male parent on a garden bird table, Cumbria, E...
Juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) (right) being fed by its male parent on a garden bird table, Cumbria, England
Juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) perching on the stem of a garden Tree Fern (Dicksonia antarctica), Cumb...
Juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) perching on the stem of a garden Tree Fern (Dicksonia antarctica), Cumbria, England
Male Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) on a garden peanut feeder, with a beakful of peanut fragments for feeding t...
Male Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) on a garden peanut feeder, with a beakful of peanut fragments for feeding to its offspring, Cumbria, England
Male Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) on a garden peanut feeder, with a beakful of peanut fragments for feeding t...
Male Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) on a garden peanut feeder, with a beakful of peanut fragments for feeding to its offspring, Cumbria, England
Male Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) on a garden peanut feeder, Cumbria, England
Male Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) on a garden peanut feeder, Cumbria, England
Male Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) on a garden peanut feeder, looking upwards for a possible aerial threat, Cu...
Male Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) on a garden peanut feeder, looking upwards for a possible aerial threat, Cumbria, England
Male Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) on a garden peanut feeder, Cumbria, England
Male Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) on a garden peanut feeder, Cumbria, England
Female Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) on a garden peanut feeder, Cumbria, England
Female Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) on a garden peanut feeder, Cumbria, England
Female Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) (above) feeding her fledgling, Cumbria, England: Image 1 of 3
Female Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) (above) feeding her fledgling, Cumbria, England: Image 1 of 3
Female Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) (above) feeding her fledgling, Cumbria, England: Image 2 of 3
Female Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) (above) feeding her fledgling, Cumbria, England: Image 2 of 3
Female Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) (above) feeding her fledgling, Cumbria, England: Image 3 of 3
Female Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) (above) feeding her fledgling, Cumbria, England: Image 3 of 3
Female Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) (left) with her fledgling (right), Cumbria, England
Female Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) (left) with her fledgling (right), Cumbria, England
Adult Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopus major) from the rear, with its juvenile beyond, facing the camera, Cumbria, England
Adult Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopus major) from the rear, with its juvenile beyond, facing the camera, Cumbria, England
Female Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) on a garden seed feeder, holding a black sunflower seed in its bill; Cumb...
Female Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) on a garden seed feeder, holding a black sunflower seed in its bill; Cumbria, England
Female Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) on a garden peanut feeder, Cumbria, England
Female Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) on a garden peanut feeder, Cumbria, England
Male Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) on a garden peanut feeder: note how it is using its tongue to hold pieces o...
Male Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) on a garden peanut feeder: note how it is using its tongue to hold pieces of peanut up against its upper mandible. Cumbria, England
Male Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) on a garden bird table, Cumbria, England
Male Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) on a garden bird table, Cumbria, England
Juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) on a garden bird table, Cumbria, England
Juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) on a garden bird table, Cumbria, England
Close-up portrait of female Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major), Cumbria, England
Close-up portrait of female Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major), Cumbria, England
Female Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) on the ground, Cumbria, England
Female Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) on the ground, Cumbria, England
Male Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) feeding from a garden peanut feeder in late afternoon sunlight, Cumbria, En...
Male Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) feeding from a garden peanut feeder in late afternoon sunlight, Cumbria, England
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