Dear Blogger
Message from David Shearan.
BIRDS ON THE CLIFFE Now here is a real beauty. This is a Green Woodpecker and this is a cracking photo by
Neil Bennett not least because they are notoriously difficult to see.
However you can hear them really easily and once heard never forgotten because it sounds
like a long ringing laugh, sometimes called a yaffle. This isn't a ground nesting bird, it nests in excavated holes like the Great Spotted
Woodpecker, but it does feed on the ground. The Cliffe is a good habitat
because the Heath supports populations of ants and the Green Woodpecker eats a lot of
ants and their eggs and larvae. It's a fabulous bird and one that would be sorely missed. Listen out and see if you can
hear one when you are next there - https://youtu.be/gAdy_5yhWHY David
