Lesser spotted woodpecker Dendrocopus minor

Tiny black-and-white barred woodpecker

Habitat: woodland, heath, hedgerows and parks

Resident; widespread but thinly distributed and declining

Pale underparts, black-and-white barred upperparts; male has red crown

Feeds in the canopy of trees where it may remain undetectable

Eats insects

Nest is a tree hole

1 brood May to June; 4-6 white eggs