Hainault Forest
PICIDAE
Small Tortoiseshell
Aglais urticae
TQ4793 02/03/2026 ©Michael Trump

Green Woodpecker

Picus viridis


Records show a decrease in the Green Woodpecker population across the country over the last ten years. In Hainault Forest, however, numbers seem stable, likely as a result of conservation efforts in areas where yellow meadow ants have created anthills. Ants are a preferred food source for the woodpeckers.

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