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Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers in 2019
Male Lesser Spotted Woodpecker feeding young © Julie Redford
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker nest with 6 eggs © Ken and Linda Smith
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker nest with three young, two males and a female © Ken and Linda Smith
Nest inspection camera on extended poles © L Smith
Close-up of nest camera © L Smith
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Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers in 2019
Over the last two years we have successfully used passive acoustic monitors to detect the calling and drumming of Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers (LSW). We have now written this guidance note/protocol for Song Meters to detect LSW to provide more of the practical details for using the method with the Song Meter Mini and Micro from Wildlife Acoustics.
Our new paper just published in December's British Birds describes how we have successfully developed sound recording 'Bioacoustics' as a tool for the detection and monitoring of Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers. We have found Lesser Spots still present in woodlands where they have not been seen/heard for years. This is a very exciting -