Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos minor
One was seen along the New River in the woodland edge beside the West reservoir during the morning of the 23rd of October, 2004.
Number in Britain: 1500 Pairs (Summer)
Status:
in London: scarce and declining breeding resident.
in UK: Resident breeder
Habitat: Forest, forest edge
Diet: Mostly insects on trunk, branch or leaf surface
Data from the London Natural History Society (LNHS) and British Trust for Ornithology (BTO)
Systematic List of the Birds of Stoke Newington Reservoirs and Woodberry Wetlands.
TeRNS on twitter. The Reservoirs Nature Society, Stoke Newington, London.Birds of Stoke Newington Reservoirs and Woodberry Wetlands © TeRNS 2003