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FUNNY images of a woodpecker trying to swim after it was pushed into the water by a rival woodpecker have been captured in Handcross, Sussex
The woodpecker flutters in water in an attempt to take flight. SUSSEX, ENGLAND: NFUNNY images of a woodpecker trying to swim after it was pushed into the water by a rival woodpecker have been captured in Handcross, Sussex on December of the images shows the great spotted woodpecker desperately trying to stay afloat after it was forced into the water by another efforts of the woodpecker to take off seems to fail in these hilarious great spotted woodpecker is the most common of UK woodpecker species Woodpeckers are known to be terrible swimmers and not the best fast-flying images were captured by Catherine Huntley (26) in Handcross, Sussex, England using a Canon EOS R5 and a Canon 5D?The woodpecker had been fighting with another woodpecker and was eventually forced into the water,? said Catherine."It tried to take off from the water but failed eventually had to resort to swimming to the bank after which it crawled out."The woodpecker then shook on the ground and flew to a nearby tree and fluffed its feathers mediadrumimages/CatherineHuntley
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