Hello :) Something I really love about “The Brambles” is that great spotted woodpeckers visit. I love all of the wildlife but these woodpeckers are real characters!
These wonderful photos were taken by Steve, my partner.
Since these were taken the young woodpeckers have been visiting and it hasn’t taken them long to learn the ropes! They are all quite capable of feeding from the fat block and the nut hanger. Although they are quite happy having a hand out from Mum and Dad too!
I’ve been trying to get some good photos of the young ones but with a mix of lack of light and the fact they are quite nervous, they fly off as soon as I open the back door, I’ve not managed it yet. I’m still trying!
I hope that you have been enjoying seeing summer start to unfold with lots of young birds and wildlife in your garden or the area that you live. If you’d like to share please enter a comment and/or link in comments below. Have a wonderful time keeping up with nature, bye for now, Natasha :)
They really are fantastic photos Natasha – and the icing on the cake would be some of their young – still have my fingers crossed for that! x :)
Thank you, Steve did really well to get these :) I’m hoping too! I got some reasonable ones of blue tits and great tits today, but not a pecker in sight! I was outside for ages, waiting for one to turn up and hoping that it wouldn’t notice me!!!
Any baby woodpeckers yet, this would be fantastic if they nested in your garden, the photos Steve took are fantastic.xx :)
Thank you :) Steve did manage to get a photo of one young one in the garden but that is all. Although they have been around quite a bit. I think they prefer to nest in the local woodland, so I suspect we wouldn’t get them nesting in the garden. But you never know!