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Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers in 2019
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (female)
Great Spotted Woodpecker © Tom Speller
Green Woodpeckers © Andrew Moon
Spotlight Woodpeckers - an excellent book and introduction to UK woodpeckers by expert guide Gerard Gorman,
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Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers in 2019
Woodpecker Network’s core activity is locating and recording the outcomes of Lesser Spotted Woodpecker nests. 2026 was a record year. With more people in different areas getting involved a total 28 nests were monitored plus three sites where recently fledged young indicated that there had been a nest nearby.
With this year’s nests we have now monitored just over 200 nests since we started Woodpecker Network in 2015 – quite a milestone. Read on for our full 2026 Report.
Congratulations to Rufus Dawson, for this well-deserved BTO Award for Young Ornithologist of the Year 2026. Rufus is an active Woodpecker Network volunteer and his Passive Acoustic Monitoring for Lesser Spots in Gloucestershire and Avon is contributing greatly to our understanding of this elusive species. Read more on his BlueSky feed @rufusdawson.bsky.social