Stuart keenor

With good weather forecast we put our sound recorder out in this lovely looking wet woodland near Petworth, hoping to detect Lesser Spotted Woodpecker calls and drums. The Sussex LSW survey has got off to a great start with positive results from several locations. No luck for us yet. 🫣

Birders encouraged to detect Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers with passive recorders During the last two years, The Woodpecker Network has successfully used passive acoustic monitors to detect the calling and drumming of Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers. The group has now written guidance protocol for Song Meters to provide more of the practical details for using the method with the devices.

The Woodpecker Network is encouraging birders to detect Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers by using passive acoustic sound recorders:

Fantastic result

A possible grey squirrel doesn’t like my bioacoustics for LSW I assume

Oh nooo sorry to hear mark it’s doing the rounds 😢 a good tonic are birds

Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers – reasons for optimism! An in person talk by Ken Smith on 18 February for Berkshire Ornithological Club at University of Reading at 7:30. Also on Zoom - Details here berksoc.org.uk/events/lesse...

Perfect 🤞

Stunning birds

Our new guidance note/protocol for using sound recorders to detect Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers gives practical details for using Song Meter Mini & Micro recorders from Wildlife Acoustics in woodland with suitable habitat & has proved a great success www.woodpecker-network.org.uk/index.php/ne...

Splendid news and a wake up call for the rest of us to visit the woods

Lesser spot in the Wyre forest weather perfect for these stunning birds also 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿birds started drumming today 😀@lesserspotnet.bsky.social

Worth the drive down mate 👌

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Here we go lesser spotted woodpecker wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🤞

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Vacant BBS squares in Neath/Port Talbot (light orange) and vacant upland adjacent squares (brown).

Glamorgan Birders...there are loads of vacant survey squares for the BTO Breeding Bird Survey in Neath/Port Talbot. Can you spare a few hours to improve our knowledge of our breeding birds?

I can't promise a Scops Owl, but who knows what you might find? #birdingWales

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@slimbridge-wild.bsky.social Wish the person who has this account would update it as the old Twitter account was with daily sightings.

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Six roles with @rspbcymru.bsky.social to survey breeding waders in #Wales in March/April, with a particular focus on #Curlews. Closing date is 25 January.

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Yes, a definite glimmer of hope. If the positive results in Sussex and Hampshire are indicative of woodlands in other parts of the country, including the Sheffield area, numbers of Lesser Spots could be higher than we all thought.

Nice 👌

Flying mate

Fantastic Ed !

Of course!!

Happy Christmas to one and all

Perfect timing Shaun !

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A cut out image of a Lesser Spotted Woodpecker on a tree features on a green background. Wording alongside reads: New insights unlocked with acoustic monitoring. Image credit bottom right reads: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker ©MikeLane45 from Getty Images, via Canva.com.

⚠️ The UK’s smallest and rarest woodpecker, the Lesser Spotted Woodpecker is a shy and elusive bird. It’s rapidly becoming one of our scarcest breeding birds, with substantial declines since the 1980s. 🧵⬇️ #bioacoustics #ornithology

How gracious of you to go “ shopping” ! I must try this mark

Another lovely hidden valley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿