A NEW BOOK on Eurasian Green Woodpecker

I am pleased to announce that my new book, THE GREEN WOODPECKER - A MONOGRAPH ON PICUS VIRIDIS, has been published. It is available via amazon.com and amazon.co.uk and all amazon sites. Hope you like it, Gerard.

Grey-headed Woodpecker (Picus canus). Female. Hungary, September 2020.

Close-up of a Grey-headed Woodpecker (Picus canus). 

Female. Hungary, September 2020. Photo: Gerard Gorman.

Syrian Woodpecker male

A male Syrian Woodpecker Dendrocopos syriacus at his drumming post. Hungary, May 2020. Photo: Gerard Gorman.

Book: woodpecker artwork

The book WOODPECKERS OF EUROPE (2004) is out-of-print, and hard to find thesedays. Here is a sample, showing the excellent artwork of Szabolcs Kokay. Black Woodpecker on the cover and a plate with Great Spotted Woodpecker. 

Time for reading?

Most of us have less time outside than usual right now... so maybe do a little reading, a little research? Here is a suggestion :-)

Adult male Eurasian Green Woodpecker

Adult male (note the red malar stripe) Eurasian Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis). This great photo was taken in south-east France, 2020, by J-M Bompar.

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker on snag

A male Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Dryobates minor) in a classic pose on a dry snag. SE France, March, 2020. Thanks/Merci to J-M Bompar.

White-backed Woodpecker lilfordi race

An adult male White-backed Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos lilfordi. Abruzzo Mts, Italy, January 2020. Gerard Gorman.

Middle Spotted Woodpecker

Middle Spotted Woodpecker, Budapest, Hungary, 2019. The sexes are alike, and it is hard to separate them in the field.