Humakt
30-08-2013, 06:57 PM
We often get a greater spotted woodpecker in a tree at the bottom of the garden.
There I was this morning, sitting on the back step eating my bowl of shreddies, and I looked up and saw the familiar silhouette.
Since I had my camera on the dining room table, with batteries in it, I decided to go grab it and take a picture.
I zoomed in and...this wasn't our friendly greater spotted woodpecker! I'm not sure what it is. The beak leaves me thinking 'woodpecker' and checking my books it seems as though it may be a Wryneck. Although the beak does look a bit too heavy for a wryneck, and the it is a tad too dark (although the light was coming in directly from the left of the picture, so the bulk of the bird from my view would have been in shade.
I hope it's a wryneck because I've never seen one before and it would be a fantastic view of a rare bird.
But I'm not sure.
Any ideas?
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7397/9628452191_ec95a1c390_c.jpg
There I was this morning, sitting on the back step eating my bowl of shreddies, and I looked up and saw the familiar silhouette.
Since I had my camera on the dining room table, with batteries in it, I decided to go grab it and take a picture.
I zoomed in and...this wasn't our friendly greater spotted woodpecker! I'm not sure what it is. The beak leaves me thinking 'woodpecker' and checking my books it seems as though it may be a Wryneck. Although the beak does look a bit too heavy for a wryneck, and the it is a tad too dark (although the light was coming in directly from the left of the picture, so the bulk of the bird from my view would have been in shade.
I hope it's a wryneck because I've never seen one before and it would be a fantastic view of a rare bird.
But I'm not sure.
Any ideas?
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7397/9628452191_ec95a1c390_c.jpg