Foraging in the garden

I spotted this fellow from the kitchen window, grabbed my camera and 'snapped' him through the window.

[Tim Erskine]

What manner of beastie is this? I'm a North American birder, so I am unfamiliar with this one...something woodpeckery?

[Jon Lip]

@timerskine
Hi Tim, this is a Green Woodpecker (picus viridis) fairly common (about 52000 breeding pairs in UK) - How do they know that??

[Sylvia du Toit]

What a beauty.

[Tim Erskine]

@jon_lip Thanks! They probably derive that information on breeding pairs by examining random samplings of motel registrations and extrapolating.

[Jon Lip]

@timerskine
Ha ha - I like your sense of humour😁. The worrying thing is - you're probably right !!!

[GaryW]

Great shot!