Great spotted woodpecker

This one is a male, which you can tell by the red on the back of his head (females don't have that red bit). I saw him on the pole and had time to fetch the camera and take two shots before he flew on!

[Dixie Goode]

Very cool. We have a lot of woodpeckers too, same color but very different pattern

[Louise]

@pandorasecho We have three in the UK - Great Spotted, Lesser Spotted and Green. This one is the most common species.
http://www.rspb.org.uk/discoverandenjoynature/discoverandlearn/birdguide/families/woodpeckers.aspx

[Dixie Goode]

@roachling interesting, thanks. We mostly see the downy, and very very rarely a pileated and a lot of flickers.

[Sheila Winstone]

Well spotted and fantastic it stopped long enough for your photo.

[Denise Wood]

Terrific shot!

[The Intermittent Photographer aka Blue Rose]

Great spot

[Helge Erik Storheim]

Great capture

[Francoise]

the greens and the grey sky behind him are wonderful.

[Stephanie Swift]

Great find, and I like the way this beautiful bird is framed.

[Ann Williams]

It's such a distinctive sound. Great capture.