What did Linda go looking for today

[Linda257]

Well it wasn't a game of where's wally it was a game of where's the green Woodpecker and I found it Delighted to finally add to my list I don't have

No hunners of pics ,this it thee one and only half clear shot I got
Arrived about 9.30 and heard it call almost immediately about 5 times then silence, walked around for couple of hours through marsh land and streams and god knows what else, a few falls and a wellie stuck in the mud (not me for a change but I was sore with laughter) ended up back where we started and it called again and we finally got eyes on it. Another successful day in the bag

[Willpar]

Great spot Linda, and a great pic. When I see them it is usually on the ground.

[PimperneBloke]

Wow, well done Linda. I've only seen them a few times, twice at Arne about a mile away and once at Slimbidge. Always great to spot a newbie.... And to manage a reference to Chesney Hawkes... Genius

[SnappyMac]

Always great to find what you are looking for Linda I am more 'I STILL HAVEN'T FOUND WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR': bullfinch, kingfisher... etc

[Linda257]

Great spot Linda, and a great pic. When I see them it is usually on the ground.

Thanks William, was no chance of spotting it if it was on the ground as it was a Xmas tree forest and marshland everywhere

[Linda257]

Wow, well done Linda. I've only seen them a few times, twice at Arne about a mile away and once at Slimbidge. Always great to spot a newbie.... And to manage a reference to Chesney Hawkes... Genius

Thanks PB, least you seen them before, i wasn't leaving without a pic no matter how crap as other guy with big bucks camera got clear shot, couldn't have him get it and no me

[Linda257]

Always great to find what you are looking for Linda I am more 'I STILL HAVEN'T FOUND WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR': bullfinch, kingfisher... etc

Absolutely SM, dry yer eyes man, Scotland awaits you and yer list

[Jacksparrow]

They're known as a Yaffle around my way. You have to be lucky to see one but I have managed it quite a few time without yomping through forest and bog. A peekaboo shot is better than nothing at all. Well done Linda for your tenacity and photo skills.

[Linda257]

They're known as a Yaffle around my way. You have to be lucky to see one but I have managed it quite a few time without yomping through forest and bog. A peekaboo shot is better than nothing at all. Well done Linda for your tenacity and photo skills.

A "yaffle"...that's a new one. I never even dreamt a would see one in Scotland...times a changing Thanks JS, I do have much worse photos but one is all I need for a trophy

[PimperneBloke]

They're known as a Yaffle around my way. You have to be lucky to see one but I have managed it quite a few time without yomping through forest and bog. A peekaboo shot is better than nothing at all. Well done Linda for your tenacity and photo skills.

A "yaffle"...that's a new one. I never even dreamt a would see one in Scotland...times a changing Thanks JS, I do have much worse photos but one is all I need for a trophy

Did you never watch Bagpus, Linda? "Professor Yaffle, the carved wooden bookend in the shape of a woodpecker" was part of the intro.... or am I that much older than you? (don't answer that lol)