Whenever I’m alone in the bush, there are several species of birds and animals which always keep me company – the Raven and Lesser Spotted Eagle fly above the trees making their calls (sometimes the eagle flies through the forest and its wing beats send whooshing sounds through the leaves), woodpeckers knock on trees, Jays scream at each other and Red Squirrels jump about playing with their nuts. And of course there are plenty of little tits….
When I was a kid back in England, the sounds were different, with the Wood Pigeon and the Pheasant being the dominant noise makers.
In the area around my house we get multiple species of woodpeckers, and most are easy to identify – the Green, the Grey, the Black, the Lesser Spotted – but there are other species which could be one of several. The woodpecker pictured here is, I believe, a White-backed (Dendrocopos leucotos) as it misses the vertical stripes seen in other species, such as the Greater. Then again, it might not be. If anyone can clear up this matter I would appreciate it.
Carpathian Adventure 
Where are you? It looks like a White Backed Woodpecker. Knowing your location would help.
eastern slovakia, in the carpathians.
Wow. I’m envious. Do you think it might be a Middle Spotted?
no, because it doesn’t have vertical white stripes up its wings. The black woodpeckers are the coolest – large and freaky looking but I don’t often see them.
where are you located? are you into ornithology?