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This Week

Great Spotted Woodpecker

Great Spotted Woodpecker © Natural England/Allan Drewitt It's close to the time of year when woodpeckers begin to drum to establish their breeding territories. Great Spotted Woodpeckers might be our most common woodpecker species but are always a delight to see, sporting that characteristic flash of red.
Photo: © Natural England/Allan Drewitt
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Blackbirds

Blackbird © Natural England/Julian Dowse Have you ever noticed there are more Blackbirds around in winter than in summer? Although resident in Britain, some Blackbirds migrate from the north of the UK and Scandinavia in the colder months, swelling numbers further south.
Photo: © Natural England/Julian Dowse

Blackcap

Blackcap Ron Knight from Seaford, East Sussex, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons We are more used to seeing Blackcaps in the summer months, but increasing numbers now overwinter in the UK.
Photo: Ron Knight

Otter

Otter (© Natural England/Allan Drewitt) You are as likely to see an Otter in winter as in summer - which is not very likely! The Otter is not only nocturnal, but also shy and easy to disturb. Keep an eye out instead for the sweet-smelling spraint by the water's edge, often full of fish scales and bones.
Photo: © Natural England/Allan Drewitt