This is a young Great Spotted Woodpecker and the thing protruding from its mouth isn’t a pink fish but its tongue. They have very long tongues, Woodpeckers, oh yes.
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….remembering London's nature from previous decades….
This is a young Great Spotted Woodpecker and the thing protruding from its mouth isn’t a pink fish but its tongue. They have very long tongues, Woodpeckers, oh yes.
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Fab, second to catch I didn't know about their long tongue, their brain is also on a sort of spring I believe. I have seen them try to get into our tit box.
I'm envious as I often hear them but rarely see them!
Damn amazing, even if your peanut feeder has me reaching for the horizontal hold