Nick Upton / Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus major) feeding from a bird feeder, Gloucestershire, England, UK, April.

Nick Upton / Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus major) feeding from a bird feeder, Gloucestershire, England, UK, April.

Nick Upton / Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus major) feeding from a bird feeder, Gloucestershire, England, UK, April.

Brian Bevan / Male Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocpas major) feeding young at nest hole, Bedfordshire, England, UK, June.

Mike Read / Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) perched on tree in garden. Crow, Ringwood, Hampshire, England, UK. April 2018.

Andy Sands / Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus major) female perched on dead trunk, Hertfordshire, England, UK, February

Konrad Wothe / Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) male in flight, Bavaria, Germany. April

David Tipling / Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) male Norfolk, England, UK. January

Bernard Castelein / Great spotted woodpecker ( Dendrocopos major) drinking, Brasschaat, Belgium. November

Bernard Castelein / Great Spotted Woodpecker ( Dendrocopus major) juvenile drinking Brasschaat, Belgium. July

Loic Poidevin / Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) male foraging, perched on branch. Danube Delta, Romania. May.

Loic Poidevin / Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) male perched on tree trunk. Danube Delta, Romania. May.