Male Greater Spotted Woodpecker. St. Ives Estate, Bingley. 21/10/2024. This woodpecker was very obliging on this visit, as it hung around for ages and allowed me to fill my boots!

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Male Greater Spotted Woodpecker on a feeder. St. Ives Estate, Bingley. 21/10/2024.

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Male Greater Spotted Woodpecker on a feeder. St. Ives Estate, Bingley. 21/10/2024. I include another shot of the bird on the feeder, as this better shows the red neck patch that male GSWs have - thus distinguishing them from females.

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A visit to Golden Acre Park, Leeds. Sadly there were very few "exciting" birds around in the park and in the adjoining Adel Dam Nature Reserve. The best I could come up with was the Mandarin Ducks, of which there were several on the main lake. I can never resist them, so here's a shot of one of the males floating about.

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Treecreeper. Kelton Woods. Threave. Dumfries & Galloway. 9/9/2024. I always like seeing Treecreepers and its even better when I get a photo of one. This was taken from a hide in the woods on the Threave Estate on a visit on the 9th September 2024.

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