Green Woodpecker

The green woodpecker is very colourful, especially in springtime. It has a bright red crown, green back, greenish/buff underparts and yellowish rump. The male has a red stripe under its eye and the female has a black stripe.

The green woodpeckers are seen in our garden every day eating ants on the lawn unlike the great spotted woodpecker which is more often seen in trees or eating nuts on the bird feeder.