Photographer captures amazing pictures of family of woodpeckers in Bexhill

Jeff said: “I had a tip-off I had a tip off about a family of Greater Spotted Woodpeckers in Broad Oak Park, near Little Common, so went straight down and managed to photograph them.”

Earlier this year Jeff managed to capture a shot of a rare white stork min flight in the Combe Valley betweeb Hastings and Bexhill.

About blackbird-sized and striking black-and-white, the Great Spotted Woodpecker has a very distinctive bouncing flight and spends most of its time clinging to tree trunks and branches, often trying to hide on the side away from the observer.

Its presence is often announced by its loud call or by its distinctive spring ‘drumming’ display. The male has a distinctive red patch on the back of the head and young birds have a red crown.

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