5th January : Green Woodpecker.

Over night about two inches of snow fell, by early afternoon most of it had melted away, with the ground softening, this Green Woodpecker spent twenty or so minutes probing the ground beside the garden pond, once it had finished it flew up on to the gate, as I looked through the view finder in the camera to take the photo below I saw it quickly stick out it's tongue, it was longer than it's beak, amazing sight, never seen that before.

Images : Copyright © Don Stone.