On 03/02/2015 10:04, Martin Brown wrote:
On 02/02/2015 20:25, Christina Websell wrote:

We had a lovely conversation about birds. He claims to have seen a
lesser
spotted woodpecker in his garden and mine, but I think it's more
likely to
be a gsw. It's not impossible though. He hasn't said he saw a hawfinch..
Tina

If you do have a lesser put out some peanuts in the usual small bird
friendly hanging mesh feeder and it will quickly find it.

We sometimes get one in though haven't seen it for a while now.

Greater spotted is a lot more common and surprisingly nervous for such a
huge chunky bird. Everything scatters when it lumbers into view.

I'd never call a Greater spotted a huge chunky bird it's no bigger than
a blackbird.