SS15 wildlife watching

This blog was set up in mid-March 2020 during the emerging COVID-19 health crisis in the UK. It initially aimed to provide records of wildlife sightings and photographs from sites within walking distance of my home in the SS15 postcode area of Basildon in Essex during lockdown travel restrictions. Even though the pandemic has largely subsided, this blog continues to include my local wildlife sightings, my trips away from home plus some personal thoughts and reflections on other issues.

Sunday, 27 June 2021

Record from my flat - Green Woodpecker

This morning at around 7:25 a.m., I was woken up by an extremely loud calling Green Woodpecker.

I looked out of my window and immediately saw a Green Woodpecker clinging to a tree in front of one of the ground floor flats. It then flew down to the ground and proceeded to feed for several minutes (presumably on ants) on the lawn and at the kerbstone edge to the garden and car park.

During the spring, I saw and heard Green Woodpeckers regularly around my St. Nicholas Church local patch site and I also heard them calling from my flat. I have seen Green Woodpeckers from my flat before but this was by far the best and longest sighting.

Here are some record photos of this morning's Green Woodpecker although unfortunately not the best quality due to them being taken through glass from my second floor flat window.