Woodpeckers of Rock Coppice – Rosemary Winnall

Rosemary Winnall describes how she conducted a study of Great Spotted, Lesser Spotted and Green Woodpeckers in Rock Coppice between 1987 and 1990 . She describes how she located their nest holes and how she recorded their behaviour and nesting success. She measured standing deadwood in the 65 hectares of Rock Coppice, mapping its distribution and highlighted the importance of this for saproxylic insect larvae which provide food in the winter for Great Spotted and Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers. (From Wyre Forest Study Group REVIEW 2001)

Published 31st October 2011 at 11:01 pm