On Sat, 16 Jun 2012 12:55:49 +0100, Jake
wrote:

Now getting several visits a day from a group of 2 adult and 2 junior
greater spotted woodpeckers. The juniors are about the same size as
the adults, they just look a little fatter, and have almost the same
colouring.

We are lucky enough to have two species of woodpeckers, the very
handsome Green variety which only visits the front garden and the GSWs
which only visit the back. The Greens feed solely from the large
number of ant nests in the front lawn whereas the GSWs hammer away at
the peanut feeder and fat cake on the rear lawn feeder array.

The male GSW has a distinctive red patch on the back of its head,
juveniles have a noticeable red cap which fades as they get older
(unlike the Greens who keep their red cap) and the adult female has no
red markings on the head.

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rbel