Muddy Funker Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 (edited) Hi Guys, This will probably show my complete ignorance of garden birds but I've got a new arrival. It has a blue/grey back and tail with an orange breast, moves and feeds just like a woodpecker. I did a little search on woodpeckers and it doesn't match with anything that came up, unless it's a young version of one of the three native to the uk? Over the last couple of days we've had two coming and going and they are great to watch, this is the first time in a couple of years we've seen anything like them. Curious as to know what they are? Any ideas? Sorry about the quality, iphone through window :-( Thanks Edited January 5, 2014 by Muddy Funker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go Go Gadget Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 nuthatch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norfolk dumpling Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 Nuthatch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisjpainter Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 beaten to it! indeed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billytheghillie Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 Nuthatch, unlike woodpeckers and treecreepers they descend tree trunks head first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Mike Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 Keep the peanut feeder full and he will hang around all winter.. get a few whole hazel nuts and watching them open them is a joy. One of the species ( besides woody ) which has really benefitted in recent years from people feeding birds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muddy Funker Posted January 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 You guys rock! I love this place, thanks for the replies really appreciated Really glad the feeders are working, yesterday I was shouting at swmbo " WE'VE FINALLY GOT A WOODPECKER!!!!!" All good, hopefully they'll stay a while. To save wasting a thread maybe post some of your feeder pics? Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisheruk Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 It's a member of the woodpecker family. Enjoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catweazle Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 It's an Audi, possibly an A5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the pelt man Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 From my Garden in Herts i've counted in 1 year in my garden or seen from my Garden 31 spieces of Birds. PELTY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 It's an Audi, possibly an A5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medic1281 Posted January 6, 2014 Report Share Posted January 6, 2014 Too old for an A5, looks more like the larger A6. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
activeviii Posted January 6, 2014 Report Share Posted January 6, 2014 Its a nuthatch, makes good eating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Mike Posted January 6, 2014 Report Share Posted January 6, 2014 It's a member of the woodpecker family. Enjoy. Sorry to correct you but the species are not related... Woodpeckers are of the Picidae family and Nuthatches of the Sittidae Family.. It does behave like a small woodpecker to some extent however. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisjpainter Posted January 6, 2014 Report Share Posted January 6, 2014 Sorry to correct you but the species are not related... Woodpeckers are of the Picidae family and Nuthatches of the Sittidae Family.. It does behave like a small woodpecker to some extent however. And, as a useless (non!)tit-bit, it's the only bird that descends vertically down a tree. even the aptly named tree creeper doesn't do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boromir Posted January 6, 2014 Report Share Posted January 6, 2014 It's an Audi, possibly an A5. According to online records its an AUDI A4 QUATTRO T SPORT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FalconFN Posted January 6, 2014 Report Share Posted January 6, 2014 Its a nuthatch, makes good eating. Nice visitor to have, I don't see many around here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
activeviii Posted January 6, 2014 Report Share Posted January 6, 2014 Nice visitor to have, I don't see many around here. i was fishing lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penelope Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 A touch of convergent evolution. Sorry to correct you but the species are not related... Woodpeckers are of the Picidae family and Nuthatches of the Sittidae Family.. It does behave like a small woodpecker to some extent however. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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