Birds in Winter _Greater spotted woodpecker feeding on Garden bird hanging peanut feeder, Scotland UK
Recently the great spotted has become the most familiar woodpecker due to regularly visiting bird tables in observers gardens When searching for food a great spotted woodpecker usually alights on the trunk then works upwards and often from side to side During the ascent it smartly taps the bark prising off fragments and frequently extracting food from crevices with the tip of its sticky tongue Actions are jerky and the bird hops rather than climbs even when beneath a branch It will work round to the further side of the trunk often apparently to avoid observation The great spotted has a varied diet changing with the seasons During spring and summer it feeds largely on insects especially ants and the larvae of wood boring beetles Holes may be chiselled up to four inches deep.
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Location: Braemar, Cairngorm National Park, Scotland uk
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