Green Woodpecker
Habitat and behaviour
Habitat: Parkland, open woodland.
Diet: Ants, ants, ants.
Best time to spot: Yaffling laugh call.
When to look
Resident in the UK, so it can be found year-round. More on the season in UK garden birds.
Recent UK sightings
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Similar birds
- Black-throated Thrush · Open woodland (very rare)
- Bonelli's WarblerRare · Open oak / pine woodland
- Chestnut Bunting · Open woodland (extreme vagrant)
- Eurasian WryneckRare · Open woodland (passage)
- Levant Sparrowhawk · Open woodland (very rare)
- Northern Flicker · Open woodland (very rare)
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