Learn more about Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers from Ken Smith on YouTube
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Bars and Spots- varying fortunes of our British woodpeckers
Ken Smith, the UK's leading woodpecker expert, considers the decrease in Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers compared with the rise of Great Spotted Woodpeckers in an on-line talk for British Ornithologists Club (BOC) - watch now available on YouTube;
How many Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers are there in Britain?
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Woodpecker Network volunteers, Ken Smith, Linda Smith and Rob Clements, have made a new estimate of the numbers of Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers in England and Wales in the journal British Birds. And the answer is ....
Lesser Spots mid-May update
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Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers are feeding young.
As of 23 May, LesserSpotNetwork volunteers are monitoring 6 active nests with the first young due to fledge this week and the others over the next couple of weeks. So this the last chance to find a nest this year. If you found birds earlier in the season, please revisit the area and watch for adults bringing food to the young, they may lead you to find the nest.
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker nesting update
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Exciting news – we have reports of 19 active Lesser Spot nests, the most ever at this stage of the breeding season.
Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers are excavating nests holes now
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News update: Lesser Spotted Wodpeckers are starting to excavate their nesting cavities, so now is the perfect time to go out and look for them in your local woods. Watch a superb video here