Lesser spotted woodpecker

Lesser spotted woodpecker (Dryobates minor), male.

Zaltys, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Habitat…

You can find the lesser spotted woodpecker in open woods, copses, parkland, gardens and orchards, but it tends to frequent the tops of trees, searching for larvae, spiders and wood-boring insects on smaller branches.

In the UK, it is mainly limited to the south with the highest density of population occurring in the south-east of England.

RSPB UK Conservation Status Red: ⭕️

Spotted (pun fully intended) in White Lane this year!