Birds Around Me

great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) The great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) is a medium-sized woodpecker with pied black and white plumage, a red patch on the lower belly. The male has a distinctive red patch on the back of the head and young birds have a red crown. It has a bouncing flight and spends most of its time clinging to tree trunks and branches, often trying to hide on the side away from the observer. It has a loud call and during spring one can know it's presence by drumming sound.  great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) Great spotted woodpecker (कठफोड़वा) - Dendrocopos major Taken On: 24-May-2020 Near Rose Drive, Chesham, UK ( 51.702418, -0.599024) great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) great spott...

There are around 2 dozen species of nuthatches all over the world and is  one of the birds with the widest distribution from America to Europe to Japan.  The name nuthatch suggests the way it hacks the nut, by hammering after jamming into a crevice.  Eurasian  Nuthatch  (Sitta Europaea)  like other nuthatches  moves down (and up as well), u nlike the Treecreeper, which only moves up the trunk of a tree. Eurasian Nuthatch is witnessing growth in the UK, one of the reasons seems to increase in the use of bird feeders and the availability of food in the gardens. Eurasian nuthatch (Sitta europaea) Eurasian nuthatch (Sitta europaea) Eurasian nuthatch (Sitta europaea) Eurasian Nuthatch is a short-tailed bird with a long bill, blue-grey upper-parts, and a black eye-stripe found all across Europe.  They eat mainly insects  although they also eat nuts and seeds, primarily in winters.  They have often seen nesting in old nests of woodpecker, the...