Waiting for their turn at the feeder (the squirrels, magpies and wood pigeon get first dabs).
This hungry ♀ Great Spotted Woodpecker arrived 20 days earlier than our first sighting (of a ♂) in our garden last year January.
We wonder if there is a route from one wooded area to another used by these birds at this time of year and that they are attracted by the activity of the squirrels. Perhaps it is the lure of overwintering invertebrates hunkered in the fissured bark of the old 28ft pear tree which they pick clean before leaving.
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