Lesser Spot Network
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker conservation project supporting birdwatching volunteers to find & record Lesser Spots, their nests & breeding outcomes. Posts by Ken & Linda Smith, website www.woodpecker-network.org.uk
- Good find by @paulc090316.bsky.social in the Blean and a great start to the season, reminding us all to get out to the woods and look and listen for Lesser Spots
- Reposted by Lesser Spot Network[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Lesser Spot Network[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Lesser Spot Network[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Lesser Spot Network[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Lesser Spot Network[Not loaded yet]
- Acoustic monitoring for Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers - LesserSpotNet is fully involved with this excellent initiative being developed by BTO which is all positive for the conservation of LSWs
- Reposted by Lesser Spot Network[Not loaded yet]
- Our paper in December's @britishbirds.bsky.social describes success in using sound recording for detecting Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers. We found Lesser Spots still present in woodlands where they have not been seen/heard for years. This is very exciting www.woodpecker-network.org.uk/index.php/ne...
- Excellent thread from @btobirds.bsky.social on this game changing development for studying Lesser Spots
- Reposted by Lesser Spot Network[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Lesser Spot Network[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Lesser Spot Network[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Lesser Spot NetworkSee this encouraging update about Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers in the UK. We will have the pleasure of hearing more from Ken and Linda Smith of the LesserSpot Network when they give a talk for BOC about their work, on 18th February 2026 (get it in your diary). #ukbirding
- Something to celebrate - our 2025 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker report - successful breeding season, the most nests monitored & highest number of chicks fledged per nest since we started in 2015. Acoustic monitoring giving amazing results too, download here www.woodpecker-network.org.uk/images/L_S_W...
- Something to celebrate - our 2025 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker report - successful breeding season, the most nests monitored & highest number of chicks fledged per nest since we started in 2015. Acoustic monitoring giving amazing results too, download here www.woodpecker-network.org.uk/images/L_S_W...
- This is a brilliant initiative. Woodpecker Network is working with BTO to develop a passive acoustic monitoring module for Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers. Trials have proved successful in reliably detecting their drums and calls, revealing many new locations.
- Reposted by Lesser Spot Network[Not loaded yet]
- We hear that LesserSpotNet volunteer Toby @tobywildlife.bsky.social will be featuring on Countryfile, BBC1 this Sunday at 17:15, in an item on the ecology of Herefordshire’s habitats - it could well be interesting.
- Reposted by Lesser Spot Network[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Lesser Spot Network[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Lesser Spot Network[Not loaded yet]
- 1 Pleased to be presenting the latest results gathered by Woodpecker-Network volunteers on Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers and what we can do to conserve them better #BOUatEOU www.woodpecker-netwo...
- Reposted by Lesser Spot Network[Not loaded yet]
- Ken & Linda Smith will be at the BOU Woodland Birds Conference on 18 August 2025 at Bangor. Ken is giving a talk ‘Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers: how citizen science is contributing to our understanding of this enigmatic species’ Looking forward to seeing some of you there bou.org.uk/conferences-...
- Reposted by Lesser Spot Network[Not loaded yet]
- An interesting study of Lesser Spots in Sweden in different types of woodlands.
- Reposted by Lesser Spot Network[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Lesser Spot Network[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Lesser Spot Network[Not loaded yet]
- 2025 was a record breeding season for Lesser Spotted Woodpecker nests monitored by our volunteers. None failed & where we were able to check the nest contents the number of chicks fledged was the highest since we started the project in 2015. Full story www.woodpecker-network.org.uk/index.php/ne...
- Reposted by Lesser Spot Network[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Lesser Spot Network[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Lesser Spot Network[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Lesser Spot Network[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Lesser Spot Network[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Lesser Spot Network[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Lesser Spot Network[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Lesser Spot Network[Not loaded yet]
- As a special thank you, we are awarding unique Lesser Spotted Woodpecker pin badges to LesserSpotNet volunteers who found LSW nests this year or contributed in other ways. The Badges were designed & produced specially for us by @ukbirdingpins.bsky.social Thanks @angusrobin.bsky.social for organising
- Reposted by Lesser Spot Network[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Lesser Spot Network[Not loaded yet]
- A good looking brood of Lesser Spot chicks in the nest found by @edhorncastle.bsky.social - well done Ed - Lesser Spots need to fledge an average of 3 chicks per nest to sustain the population
- Superb find by @angusrobin.bsky.social - a brood of 6 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker chicks is exceptional - all looking very good and well fed in the nest cavity
- Reposted by Lesser Spot Network[Not loaded yet]
- Another day - another 3 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker nests found and being monitored in Devon and the New Forest. Great work by LesserSpotNet volunteers. Healthy chicks being well fed by both parents in all the nests. More nests could be found this week.
- Reposted by Lesser Spot Network[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Lesser Spot Network[Not loaded yet]
- Some Lesser Spotted Woodpecker chicks are fledging this week. At a nest in East Sussex today, we saw at least one chick being fed in the nest high in this Hornbeam tree & the adults feeding two more juveniles close by. Thanks to MA & RB for finding and showing @kenandlindasmith.bsky.social the nest
- Fantastic news 19 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker nests found and being watched/monitored by our volunteers so far. Most have 4 chicks, well fed by the adults. Nests are so difficult to find & these are only a tiny proportion of the several thousand LSW pairs in Britain, but all very positive this year.
- Reposted by Lesser Spot Network[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Lesser Spot Network[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Lesser Spot Network[Not loaded yet]
- LesserSpotNet volunteers have now found 16 active LSW nests - 2 more nests were found today. Young have now fledged at 3 nests - so get looking.
- Reposted by Lesser Spot Network[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Lesser Spot Network[Not loaded yet]
- Now is your last chance to find a Lesser Spotted Woodpecker nest. For the next week LSW young will be calling from the nest hole and you may hear them. So have a good search in your local woods. LesserSpotNet volunteers are already watching/monitoring twelve nests in the Midlands & South England.
- Reposted by Lesser Spot Network[Not loaded yet]
- We were honoured to accept the 2024 BTO Marsh Award on behalf of Woodpecker Network @angusrobin.bsky.social and @kenandlindasmith.bsky.social in recognition of all our LesserSpotNet volunteers
