Black Woodpecker

Habitat & behaviour

Habitat: Old beech and pine forest.
Diet: Carpenter ants, larvae.
Best time to spot: Wild "kleeer" yelping calls.

Recent UK sightings

No community sightings logged in the last 30 days.

How to spot one

Open the live sightings map and filter to Black Woodpecker. The map shows community sightings in the last 30 days, ranked by distance from your home, with hotspots and a heatmap layer for density.