{"id":6599,"date":"2020-05-05T16:39:29","date_gmt":"2020-05-05T16:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=6599"},"modified":"2020-05-05T16:39:29","modified_gmt":"2020-05-05T16:39:29","slug":"a-great-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=6599","title":{"rendered":"A Great Spot"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Great Spotted Woodpecker – Kenworthy Woods<\/p>\n

Over the past few weeks the distinctive call of the male Great Spotted Woodpecker has been an addition to our back garden dawn chorus. With the sunflower seeds rapidly disappearing a bit of detective work followed by a quiet walk around the woods led me to this year’s nesting hole.<\/p>\n

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Wasn’t too difficult to find. The presence of the female Great Spotted Woodpecker confirmed my suspicions.<\/p>\n

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Interesting to watch both birds and their nesting duties in action. Typically the male bird lands on the tree close to the nest and calls the female.<\/p>\n

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The female emerges and he’s nowhere to be seen…….<\/p>\n

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Perched up in a nearby tree the male spots the female.<\/p>\n

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A split second later he arrives and she’s gone. He calls again ……….<\/p>\n

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The female woodpecker emerges and a gust of wind blows a branch across just as the male is about to pass her a tasty morsel ..<\/p>\n

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The female takes the grub and reaches into the nesting hole to feed the chicks.<\/p>\n

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