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21-06-2009, 09:16 PM
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| | | Great Spotted Woodpecker
Great excitement this evening as we realised that the bird we were watching on the nuts on our bird table was a woodpecker. A male Great Spotted. That's a first for us!!  |
21-06-2009, 09:25 PM
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Terrific news Kate, hope he continues his visits
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21-06-2009, 09:41 PM
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brilliant - I'm officially jealous |
21-06-2009, 09:45 PM
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Originally Posted by ExiledWool  brilliant - I'm officially jealous | Me too, I get a good selection in the garden but Woodpecker isn't amongst them |
21-06-2009, 09:53 PM
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| | | Re: Great Spotted Woodpecker
Saw my first GSW less than a mile from my house last week in a small woodland copse - it was awsome.... lucky you having one in your garden!
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21-06-2009, 09:53 PM
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| | | Re: Great Spotted Woodpecker
Hi Kate, I had two firsts last week - a pair of Goldfinches and a Great Spotted Woodpecker, which appeared on the nut feeder just before 7:00am and has been a regular visitor since, always very early in the morning and once or twice in the early evening. It's great when you see a new species in the garden 
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22-06-2009, 04:44 PM
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| | | Re: Great Spotted Woodpecker
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Originally Posted by ron1863 Hi Kate, I had two firsts last week - a pair of Goldfinches and a Great Spotted Woodpecker, which appeared on the nut feeder just before 7:00am and has been a regular visitor since, always very early in the morning and once or twice in the early evening. It's great when you see a new species in the garden | We have a GSW in our garden to. He also visits first thing in the morning and then again about 8 in the evening. He came regularly for about three weeks and then vanished. I'm glad to say he reappeared last night at 8pm after 2 weeks of being away. Just hoping he'll stick around.
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22-06-2009, 07:21 PM
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| | | Re: Great Spotted Woodpecker
Well done, I hope he becomes a regular visitor! It's always good to get a new bird in the garden, and a woodpecker is a bit special.
We have a male and a female visiting regularly at the moment (always separately), so hopefully we might get to see a juvenile soon as we did last year. |
22-06-2009, 07:36 PM
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Great news Kate, I'm jealous too, one that I haven't seen in our garden yet |
24-06-2009, 10:21 PM
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| | | Re: Great Spotted Woodpecker
Thanks for all the replies. We aren't around much in the week so not sure if he has visited since. We may be lucky with a visit next weekend.
ron1863, do you put Nyger seeds out in a feeder? That is the secret to attracting Goldfinches!! We have them competing for a perch although not so much in the last month or so. Definately worth it in the winter, they are SO entertaining & beautiful. | | | |
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