Great Spotted Woodpecker

Short abstract from the book:
The great spotted woodpecker is a common breeding bird all over Denmark. It is in addition an irregular irruptive winter visitor. The first great spotted woodpecker was ringed in Denmark in 1917, with the majority ringed in the early 1970s. The recovered birds were ringed throughout the year, the majority in October. Five of the recovered birds were ringed as chicks and 17 as fully grown in the breeding season, but the proportion of Danish birds among the others is unknown. The recoveries indicate that the Danish great spotted woodpeckers are residents. Four of the birds ringed as chicks were recovered within a year of ringing, all less than 19 km from the ringing site. One bird moved from Zealand to Funen (116 km) over eight years. The mean distance for birds ringed as fully grown in the breeding season was 1 km (0–7 km). Outside the breeding season, Denmark has been visited by great spotted woodpeckers from Norway, Sweden, Finland and Latvia. The majority of these birds were ringed at ringing stations during autumn and could be from breeding areas further east. Most of the visitors were recovered in October, and many were young birds in their first autumn.

Read more about the species in the chapter from The Danish Bird Migration Atlas here

Ringing data for Great Spotted Woodpecker

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