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    I have all types of food on offer for the wild birds. The pair of Woodpeckers who visit my garden are partial to fat balls which have been put into holes in logs they always land in a tree and never venture to the floor. However today, I was suprised to see the male Woodpecker fly down to the lawn hop about a bit a pick up a piece of soaked bread and fly off with it. I have only once seen Woodpecker feed at ground level and that was in North Wales and I didn't think they ate bread.

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    Can't say that I've seen Greater Spotted on the ground Babs, that is usually the domain for the Green, but I guess that soaked bread is ideal food for the young.
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    Sorry rolf, I forgot to say which woodpecker, but you sussed it out okay. If he had come back for another piece I'd have sworn he was making a sandwich

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