Monday, 12 November 2012
Gallery: Middle Spotted Woodpecker bathing
Friday, 9 November 2012
Gallery: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker male
Friday, 2 November 2012
Gallery: White-backed Woodpecker male
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A great shot of a Middle Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos medius just after bathing. Photographed by Josip Ledinscak in an orchard in Croatia, in November 2012.
Male Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos minor. Photo taken in Soomaa NP, Estonia, May 2012, by Gerard Gorman
White-backed Woodpecker. Male nominate race Dendrocopos leucotos leucotos. Taken by Gerard Gorman, Bukk Hills, Hungary, October 2012.
Gerard Gorman is author of this book, published in 2011 by Lynx Edicions
Gerard Gorman is author of this handbook, published in 2004 by Bruce Coleman, UK (ISBN 1 872842 05 4)
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Woodpeckers of Europe...
is dedicated to the 10 species of woodpecker (Picidae) that breed in Europe: 9 resident species and the migratory Wryneck. 8 of these 10 also occur outside Europe, with the distribution of Eurasian Three-toed, White-backed, Lesser Spotted, Great Spotted, Black & Grey-headed Woodpeckers stretching eastwards from the Western Palearctic into Asia, whilst Syrian is found in the Middle East & Asia Minor & Wryneck winters in Africa. The global ranges of Green & Middle Spotted Woodpeckers are confined to the Western Palearctic.
I welcome comments, suggestions, photographs, video clips and will credit items used. My aim is to create a non-commercial source for all lovers of the European Picidae. Sincere thanks are due to ALL who have contributed their photos and clips to this blog.
I welcome comments, suggestions, photographs, video clips and will credit items used. My aim is to create a non-commercial source for all lovers of the European Picidae. Sincere thanks are due to ALL who have contributed their photos and clips to this blog.
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The Black Woodpecker - a monograph on Dryocopus martius
Gerard Gorman is author of this book, published in 2011 by Lynx Edicions
Woodpeckers of Europe - A Study of the European Picidae
Gerard Gorman is author of this handbook, published in 2004 by Bruce Coleman, UK (ISBN 1 872842 05 4)
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