A close encounter with a Green Woodpecker revealed a detail I’m sure I had seen before but never really noticed: the cheeks of this bird are as red as its cap. The photo is a little blurred because of vegetation between me and the bird — sorry about that…
Green Woodpecker
| Shutter Speed | 640 sec |
| Aperture | f/7.1 |
| Focal Length | 600mm |
| ISO | 2000 |
| Date | 08/03/2026 |
| Time | 13:05 |
| Location | RSPB Pulborough Brooks, West Sussex, England |