Bird school

• Brambling
• Blue tit
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• Bohemian waxwing
• Black woodpecker
• Black redstart
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• Goldfinch
• Greater woodpecker
• Garden warbler
• Great tit
• Green woodpecker
• House martin
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• Long-tailed tit
• Lesser whitethroat
• Lesser spotted woodpecker
• Marsh tit
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• Nightingale
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• Pied flycatcher
• Redpoll
• Rook
• Redstart
• Robin
• Spotted flycatcher
• Siskin
• Starling
• Song thrush
• Yellowhammer
• Winter wren
• Willow
• Tree sparrow
• Wood pigeon
• White wagtail
• Willow tit
• Whitethroat

The greater woodpecker

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The male The female The young bird

Whenever the cone harvest goes wrong, the greater woodpecker can make trips to unusual places such as meadows out by the coast. Some birds leave the country and find their way as far south as southern Europe.

Appearance
Black and white woodpecker with a red spot on its neck. The female lacks this spot.

Similar bird
Black and white with a bright red belly. The lesser woodpecker has a crosswise striped back, the greater woodpecker has two rectangular white shoulder spots.

Sounds and song
Has a laughing sound, and the call is a short tchicc.

Food and bird tables
Will frequent the table from time to time.
Pine and fir seeds are popular, but it will also peck out wood-dwelling insects. Likes to visit the bird table if peanuts are offered.

The nest and hollows
Both the male and female peck out a hollow in a tree, usually three to five metres above ground.