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Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers in 2019
Male Lesser Spotted Woodpecker feeding young © Julie Redford
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker nest with 6 eggs © Ken and Linda Smith
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker nest with three young, two males and a female © Ken and Linda Smith
Nest inspection camera on extended poles © L Smith
Close-up of nest camera © L Smith
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Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers in 2019
From now until early June is the time to look for Lesser Spotted Woodpecker nests. Adults are actively feeding their young, so become more detectable. Our volunteers have located 11 potential nest sites so far and we have the number of eggs or young for 4 nests.
We are optimistic for this nesting season. Good breeding success in 2025 and sustained efforts with passive sound recorders this spring have identified LSW in many more woodlands than previously thought.
LesserSpotNet volunteers have identified potential nests in Devon, Somerset, the New Forest, Sussex, Kent, the Home Counties, Norfolk, Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
Over the last two years we have successfully used passive acoustic monitors to detect the calling and drumming of Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers (LSW). We have now written this guidance note/protocol for Song Meters to detect LSW to provide more of the practical details for using the method with the Song Meter Mini and Micro from Wildlife Acoustics.