From iconic parks to surprising city spots, these national park sites offer unforgettable birdwatching moments across the U.S ...

The lesser-spotted woodpecker is much smaller and has distinctive white stripes on its back. In comparison, the great spotted woodpeckers have white cheeks and black lines, along with a black cap.

Have you heard a woodpecker 'drumming' on trees in Phoenix Park in Dublin — or elsewhere across the country? The Great Spotted Woodpecker has been confirmed in Dublin's Phoenix Park. The park's ...

Note on "Monstrous Bastards" moniker, May 2025 In reality - The Monstrous Bastards - was all part and parcel of the wider John Clare Collective experience. In fact, they (Stuart and David Wise) found ...

Woodpeckers are not considered a threatened species by the IUCN, being widely distributed and quite common. The one doing the tapping on wood here is most likely to be either the lesser or greater ...

Several of those 100 species swim and aren’t likely to show up in someone’s backyard, unless it happens to border one of the bodies of water where some count participants logged species like ...

Lesser spotted woodpeckers have never been as common as the great spotted but are declining at such a rate that there is real concern that they can survive as a breeding bird in this country.

On a clear morning — this time of year — the unmistakable hammering of a great spotted woodpecker is one of the first signs of spring. With its distinctive pied plumage and flash of red under the tail ...

The Woodland Trust said the lesser spotted woodpecker population is estimated to have fallen by a huge 83 per cent since 1970. There are now no more than 2,000 pairs thought to be left in the UK ...

Instead of singing to attract a mate and advertise their territory, like Skylarks and many other birds, Great Spotted Woodpeckers take a slightly less subtle – and tuneful – approach by repeatedly ...

A forgotten corner of William the Conqueror’s old hunting forest has become a sanctuary for some of Britain’s most threatened wildlife. The red-listed woodcock and lesser spotted woodpecker ...

They need landscapes that have a good coverage of broadleaved woodland and trees, such as oak, birch and alder. While the ‘lesser’ in their name refers to their size in comparison with the Great ...