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Saturday, 16 February 2013

Great Spotted Woodpecker

Not the best photo in the world, but this male Great Spotted Woodpecker visits my garden several times a day to feed on my home-made suet block. 



5 comments:

  1. Nice photo, wish i could get one in my garden

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  2. Hi Brovy,
    Rendered down butchers suet, seeds, nuts, mealworms and fruit seems to do the trick to attract a variety of birds into my garden. I pour this into a baking tray to cool. Once this has set, I cut portions into squares and and place in a suet cage. Nothing is wasted as the birds really enjoy the left overs.

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  3. Nice pictures Alison. We have had one in our garden only once in 6 years!

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  4. Good pictures. We have had one visiting our garden in Todmorden almost daily for a few months. It feeds on the peanuts. We changed to peanuts because of the dozen pigeons which came when sunflower hearts were in the feeder.

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  5. Hi Philip, thank you for your comment. This male has been coming to my garden on a daily basis for a few years, and it's only since I bought a new camera off Michael, I am now able to take 'reasonable' photographs of it. It is really amazing in spring/summer when he brings his partner and chick/s to feed on the suet block as well, however you never see the family 'together', and it's only the male that is an all year round, daily visitor.

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