Stuart keenor
@stuckateur.bsky.social
Birder ,lesser spot volunteer,astronomer, master plasterer holder of the freedom of the city of London
Wonderful new forest for 5 days massive thanks to @kenandlindasmith.bsky.social for a wonderful tour of the forest hotspots a wealth of knowledge they shared to us
November 14, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Wonderful new forest for 5 days massive thanks to @kenandlindasmith.bsky.social for a wonderful tour of the forest hotspots a wealth of knowledge they shared to us
@richardkbroughton.bsky.social fantastic work on this book !👏I spend so much time in woods after LSW and I have these wonderful birds around me a great insight and another bird i will locally monitor
November 9, 2025 at 11:05 PM
@richardkbroughton.bsky.social fantastic work on this book !👏I spend so much time in woods after LSW and I have these wonderful birds around me a great insight and another bird i will locally monitor
3 very different habitats favoured by lesser spotted woodpecker! Wet alder woodlands, mature orchards, ancient woodland, all showing promise
November 5, 2025 at 3:28 PM
3 very different habitats favoured by lesser spotted woodpecker! Wet alder woodlands, mature orchards, ancient woodland, all showing promise
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Another page from THE PIED WOODPECKERS. Due out in February. Hope you are enjoying these teasers!
November 2, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Another page from THE PIED WOODPECKERS. Due out in February. Hope you are enjoying these teasers!
Nice find on the Welsh borders LSW possibly this year too in a ash snag
October 31, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Nice find on the Welsh borders LSW possibly this year too in a ash snag
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Woke to a wild and wet morning on the Ceredigion coast, but that's fine as today is indoors at the annual @birdsinwales.bsky.social Conference @aberuni.bsky.social. Look forward to catching up and meeting new people.
October 25, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Woke to a wild and wet morning on the Ceredigion coast, but that's fine as today is indoors at the annual @birdsinwales.bsky.social Conference @aberuni.bsky.social. Look forward to catching up and meeting new people.
A nice present from Mrs K for our anniversary!!
October 22, 2025 at 2:16 PM
A nice present from Mrs K for our anniversary!!
Local celeb wryneck !!
September 30, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Local celeb wryneck !!
Africa what a place magical and moving over 300 species of birds and animals 4 different species of woodpecker with the cardinal woodpecker my favourite!!
September 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Africa what a place magical and moving over 300 species of birds and animals 4 different species of woodpecker with the cardinal woodpecker my favourite!!
Bearded woodpecker South Africa!
September 15, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Bearded woodpecker South Africa!
Kruger park what a place
September 14, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Kruger park what a place
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Vismig Lesser-spotted Woodpecker at Falsterbo this morning 🪵
September 11, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Vismig Lesser-spotted Woodpecker at Falsterbo this morning 🪵
Nice to get a bit of TV time on one of our projects
September 11, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Nice to get a bit of TV time on one of our projects
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Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers like lots of woodland, but not woodland management and forestry. Interesting implications for the remaining populations in Britain: expanding unmanaged (or lightly managed) natural native woodland seems helpful. #ukbirding #ornithology
Effect of habitat quality and quantity on the occurrence and persistence of the lesser spotted woodpecker (Dryobates minor) across two time periods | doi.org/10.1016/j.bi... | Biological Conservation | #ornithology #conservation 🪶🌎
August 12, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers like lots of woodland, but not woodland management and forestry. Interesting implications for the remaining populations in Britain: expanding unmanaged (or lightly managed) natural native woodland seems helpful. #ukbirding #ornithology
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In the week the @eounion.bsky.social met @bangoruniversity.bsky.social, latest findings from @lesserspotnet.bsky.social provide hope for this hard-to-find bird.
@northwaleslive.bsky.social BirdNotes also rounds up the week's scarcer sightings. #BirdingWales
www.birdnotes.wales/blog/experts...
@northwaleslive.bsky.social BirdNotes also rounds up the week's scarcer sightings. #BirdingWales
www.birdnotes.wales/blog/experts...
Experts help unlock the secrets of our smallest woodpecker
Leading ornithologists from across the world met in Bangor last week as the University hosted the European Ornithologists Union conference. It is only the second time the UK has been the venue for...
www.birdnotes.wales
August 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
In the week the @eounion.bsky.social met @bangoruniversity.bsky.social, latest findings from @lesserspotnet.bsky.social provide hope for this hard-to-find bird.
@northwaleslive.bsky.social BirdNotes also rounds up the week's scarcer sightings. #BirdingWales
www.birdnotes.wales/blog/experts...
@northwaleslive.bsky.social BirdNotes also rounds up the week's scarcer sightings. #BirdingWales
www.birdnotes.wales/blog/experts...
Nice walk in the Wyre forest good to hear LSW calling the second time in a week at this location
August 27, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Nice walk in the Wyre forest good to hear LSW calling the second time in a week at this location
Been getting some practice in with the passive recorders, found a goshawk kill ( tawny owl possibly) see these apex predators regularly in wales 🏴
August 24, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Been getting some practice in with the passive recorders, found a goshawk kill ( tawny owl possibly) see these apex predators regularly in wales 🏴
A recent trip to wwt Slimbridge Green sandpiper, snipe, common sandpiper
August 20, 2025 at 6:06 PM
A recent trip to wwt Slimbridge Green sandpiper, snipe, common sandpiper
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6 2025 was one of the warmest springs ever. As a result, all LSW nests hatched after the peak of caterpillars on 30th April and had to switch to an aphid diet. An abundance of aphids in 2025 let LSW escape from phenological mismatch with the caterpillars
August 18, 2025 at 11:30 AM
6 2025 was one of the warmest springs ever. As a result, all LSW nests hatched after the peak of caterpillars on 30th April and had to switch to an aphid diet. An abundance of aphids in 2025 let LSW escape from phenological mismatch with the caterpillars
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5 LSW nesting is getting earlier. Throughout its range LSW is a late nesting woodpecker. This is probably adaptive to help the survival of small chicks. But in any year the earlier nesting birds are more successful. They can switch nestling diet to aphids once the caterpillars are gone.
August 18, 2025 at 11:30 AM
5 LSW nesting is getting earlier. Throughout its range LSW is a late nesting woodpecker. This is probably adaptive to help the survival of small chicks. But in any year the earlier nesting birds are more successful. They can switch nestling diet to aphids once the caterpillars are gone.
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4 Nationally there is a long-term decline in numbers of young fledged per nest (P=0.007) from about 4 to about 2 …but 2025 was the best year since our project started! The number of chicks fledged was the highest since we started the project in 2015
August 18, 2025 at 11:30 AM
4 Nationally there is a long-term decline in numbers of young fledged per nest (P=0.007) from about 4 to about 2 …but 2025 was the best year since our project started! The number of chicks fledged was the highest since we started the project in 2015
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3 LSW excavate a nesting cavity each year, always in dead trees or in dead branches of live trees. The tree species has changed over the years now pioneers like Birch, Alder, Willow and Rowan are favoured
August 18, 2025 at 11:30 AM
3 LSW excavate a nesting cavity each year, always in dead trees or in dead branches of live trees. The tree species has changed over the years now pioneers like Birch, Alder, Willow and Rowan are favoured
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2 Since 1968 the LSW population has declined severely and their breeding distribution has contracted with birds lost from East Anglia, NE, central and SW England and Wales. Population estimated at 2000-3000 pairs. Breeding success is low compared with the rest of Europe
August 18, 2025 at 11:30 AM
2 Since 1968 the LSW population has declined severely and their breeding distribution has contracted with birds lost from East Anglia, NE, central and SW England and Wales. Population estimated at 2000-3000 pairs. Breeding success is low compared with the rest of Europe
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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...
August 18, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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...
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7 Acknowledgements - Thanks to all these Woodpecker Network volunteers for searching for and monitoring nests in 2025 and to many more who helped in this and previous years collecting this amazing data on our beautiful woodpecker
August 18, 2025 at 11:30 AM
7 Acknowledgements - Thanks to all these Woodpecker Network volunteers for searching for and monitoring nests in 2025 and to many more who helped in this and previous years collecting this amazing data on our beautiful woodpecker