Quote Originally Posted by Masham Man View Post
Are you sure RF its a Lesser-Spotted. The greater spotted is the one that does all the drumming they are pretty wide spread and common. Do you know your PECKERS
Yep, I know. The Lesser is a diddly little thing that taps rather than drums (shouldn't have used that word really should I ). I've seen them 3 times (twice in the same place, but on different days) and have also seen the Greater spotted ones banging away early on a morning in the woods. The first time I saw a lesser spotted it was right in front of me as I was stood at the top of a steep bank and the tree it was in was growing at the base of the bank so it was only 6 foot away in my eyeline. I watched the little thing hop around from branch to branch tapping quietly and feeding. Lovely experience, they're very pretty.