Walt looking more closely, bloody glasses on, at you photo it looks like there is a red plumage under it's tail at its rear so its a Greater Spotted Woodie.
Even they can imitate, its like a defense mechanism.
Was that the red plumage you can see in the black and white photo pomp?
Not been on the syrup have you , been down the battle on opening day ?
Ha ha .
the photo was taken of the bird who was about thirty foot up the tree , so I zoomed in and did a screen shot , which is why it’s not David Bailey quality special with David Attenborough swooning all over it .
Bloody thing kept flying away every time I got any where near the tree .
There is a bird box up that tree , and it is pecking away at the front of the box , which is obviously hollow , and it’s that that is creating the weird noise .
It’s got all the neighbours intrigued ,
Knob head next door , who incidentally has gone back to his caravan now , yesterday afternoon , was convinced it was his water pipes ‘knocking ‘ ....., then he thought it was his electric doorbell malfunctioning and took it all to bits but couldn’t find the problem , .... people walking passed ( is it passed or past ? Fino ! ) ...... , stop and look around , but never look up !
it’s really funny .
The nearest I can describe it is if you had a wooden ruler and held it by one hand over the edge of a table and flicked the the other end , it’s the sound of the vibration . Like we all used to do in school .
But a lot , lot louder .
Anyhow , I hope everyone is well , safe and secure .
take care and look after each other. Don’t succumb to the idiocy of others just because the pubs are open and the sun is shining . It can still grab you by the bollocks .
Nearly 130,000 now ! Awful .
