British wildlife recordings
Picoides minor : Lesser Spotted Woodpecker - Picidae
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Type
sound
Duration
Unknown
Shelf mark
W1CDR0001471 BD24
Subjects
Birds
Recording date
1977/04/17
Recording locations
Old Dean Common, Camberley, Surrey: OS Grid Reference(488500,160500)
Recordist
Williams, Aubrey John
Species
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Picoides minor
Description
This is a recording of the lesser spotted woodpecker drumming on a tree trunk. As is the case for many of our birds, the lesser spotted woodpecker has seen dramatic declines in recent years and is now classed as a Red List species. Not much bigger than a sparrow, these illusive birds are usually found high in the woodland canopy where they drum against tree trunks and produce a soft ‘pee pee pee’ call. Males alone possess bright the red crown while both sexes have the distinctive black and white markings. Their distribution is restricted to England, with the largest populations occurring in the south east.
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