Great Spotted Wood Pecker Dendrocopos major feeding in a Caledonian Pine Forest. SCO 7100

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It is distributed throughout Europe and northern Asia, and usually resident year-round except in the colder parts of its range. It is not considered a threatened species by the IUCN, being widely distributed and quite common Not found in the far North of Scotland. Only a handful of pairs nest in Ireland, but numbers are increasing. Common in England and Wales.

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Location: Scottish Abernethy Forests, Strathspey, Highland, Scotland. UK
Photo credit: © David Gowans / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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