Monday 2 March 2009

ASHRIDGE LESSER SPOT



Encouraged by Don Otter's message earlier in the week, I started the day by searching for LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKER along Monument drive. After an hour eventually located a female, feeding in the top of a tree along one of the tracks that runs parrallel to the road, approximately 3/4 the way up the drive on the right-hand side. After a while it settled down and started preening and I was able to scope it until it was disturbed by a Great Spot landing in the same tree.

Lots of Great Spot activity, drumming and calling, but the Lesser Spot was silent throughout.


Also present was a flock of ca.30 LESSER REDPOLLS feeding in the tops of the Birch trees close to the car park half way up the drive (Dave Bilcock)

The superb image portrayed above was taken by Garth Peacock.

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