Black Woodpecker Holes

Old holes of Black Woodpecker Dryocopos martius in a dead pine tree. This species often creates several holes in favourite trees. Photo taken near Nova, north-west Estonia.

Gallery: Black Woodpecker at nest hole

Adult male Black Woodpecker Dryocopos martius at its nest hole with large chicks. Photo taken by Paul Harris near Frankfurt, in Germany. Note the brownish tones especially in the flight feathers.

Gallery: Green Woodpecker adult female

Close-up of a female Eurasian Green Woodpecker Picus viridis. Note the all black malar stripe. Males have red in the malar.

Old Feeding Holes of Black Woodpecker

Typical slit-shaped, old feeding holes of Black Woodpecker Dryocopos martius. Lednice, Czech Republic, March 2010.

Great Spotted Woodpecker on the Irish News

Here is a link to the first film of Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major on the Irish national evening news:

http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0604/6news_av.html?2556858,null,230

Black Woodpecker Tail Feather

Central tail feather of a Black Woodpecker Dryocopos martius. Note how thick the rachis (shaft) is, though it cannot, of course, be judged from a photo, it is also rigid and strong. Found in the Buda Hills, Hungary.

Tawny Owl in Black Woodpecker Hole

Tawny Owl Strix aluco in an old Black Woodpecker nest-hole in a beech tree. Black Woodpecker is a major provider of holes for secondary cavity-nesting birds. Photo taken in Hungary by Laszlo Becsy.