The discarded head of a Lesser Spotted Woodpecker is all that remain of a male killed by a Sparrowhawk, that and plucked feathers.
The discarded head of a Lesser Spotted Woodpecker is all that remain of a male killed by a Sparrowhawk, that and plucked feathers.
Size: 5800px × 3867px
Location: Jugger Howe, North Yorkshire Moors National park
Photo credit: © Nick Greaves / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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