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Title: any twitchers
Post by: Ukulele on 05 Nov, 2019, 04:35:33 pm

Driving out of Oria today , I saw what I think was an Olive Woodpecker. It had a very distinctive yellow back and a red head.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive_woodpecker#/media/File:Olive_Woodpecker,_Sakania,_DRC_(12404103034),_crop.jpg (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive_woodpecker#/media/File:Olive_Woodpecker,_Sakania,_DRC_(12404103034),_crop.jpg)

I have seen plenty of green woodpeckers around here, but have never seen one of these before. The back was yellow, not green.

Now, Wickpedia says these birds aren't to be found around here ... they are from southern Africa.

Any ideas?

Title: Re: any twitchers
Post by: Judi_bk on 05 Nov, 2019, 07:15:30 pm

I am a bit of a twitcher but that isn't in my books which just cover Europe .  You should email  ABS, Andalucian Bird Society abs.sociedad@gmail.com.  They are mostly British Twitchers, I am a member and they are happy to answer questions or look at photos

Title: Re: any twitchers
Post by: Ukulele on 05 Nov, 2019, 07:32:11 pm

Thanks, I've done that.

A similar thing happened to me years ago in Derbyshire.

I spotted what I now know to be a red backed shrike, sitting on a telephone wire, These 'butcher birds' were unknown in Derbyshire then, and were very rare in other parts of the UK.

18 months later, the field where I saw my bird was swarming with twitchers.

Title: Re: any twitchers
Post by: FOGGY on 06 Nov, 2019, 11:31:28 am

I’d like to see one of these, as said seen a few greens but no other. When I hear Unmistakable chatter I’m outside like a shot with binos.

Title: Re: any twitchers
Post by: cagzok on 11 Nov, 2019, 10:47:46 am

I have a Greater spotted coming to the feeders.

Title: Re: any twitchers
Post by: Judi_bk on 11 Nov, 2019, 04:45:10 pm

We used to get them in our garden in Warrington, I love their red bums