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Juvenile Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis) Just yesterday I came across two Green Woodpeckers hopping about a field near my home. <br /> <br /> This is quite unusual because out of the mating season Green Woodpeckers are notoriously unsocial and rarely communicate, even with their partner for life.<br /> <br /> It reminded me I had been fortunate enough to film a close up of a juvenile in July, when I landed in a dew pond almost right in front of me.<br /> <br /> Here it is : <section class="video"><iframe width="448" height="282" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/qfV89P4uTKI?hd=1&autoplay=0&rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></section> European green woodpecker,Geotagged,Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis),Picus viridis,United Kingdom Click/tap to enlarge

Juvenile Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis)

Just yesterday I came across two Green Woodpeckers hopping about a field near my home.

This is quite unusual because out of the mating season Green Woodpeckers are notoriously unsocial and rarely communicate, even with their partner for life.

It reminded me I had been fortunate enough to film a close up of a juvenile in July, when I landed in a dew pond almost right in front of me.

Here it is :

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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    A lot of unusual things seem to happen around your home. May it long continue :) Posted 4 years ago
    1. View Philip Booker's profile
      Philip Booker
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      I think it's as much about noticing what's going on around you, being alert to movement or something out of place.

      Most of what I see now, I would have missed before i picked up my camera again.
       Posted 4 years ago

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The European green woodpecker

The European green woodpecker is large green woodpecker with a bright red crown and a black moustache. Males have a red centre to the moustache stripe which is absent in females. It is resident across much of Europe and the western Palearctic but in Spain and Portugal it is replaced by the similar Iberian green woodpecker.

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Similar species: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans
Species identified by Philip Booker
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Uploaded Sep 30, 2020. Captured in Unnamed Road, Brighton BN1 7LA, UK.
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