Great Spotted Woodpecker
£25.00
A lot of lies about Great Spotted Woodpeckers, from the ‘Lies About Birds’ series. (Scroll down to read the text.) Illustrated with a poor photograph of a paper bird I have made out of old RSPB magazines.
A4 print, mounted (and put in a cellophane bag to prevent escapes).
(Please note that, regretfully, I don’t send work outside of the UK.)
“Great spotted woodpeckers are made of magnets. Trees, as we know, have a strong metal core. That’s how they stand up. Great spots like to swoop carelessly around woodland believing themselves to be gifted with elegance but often find themselves inelegantly and suddenly stuck to the side of a tree. They have to learn to get their feet out very quickly to avoid going in face-first. Choosing to nest inside trees may seem counter-intuitive, but it allows young great spots to be held inside a nest hole like fridge magnets. Which is good, because young great spots are utterly terrifying. They demand food constantly and would eat their parents if they could. Great spots may seem aggressive and irritable on your peanut feeder but give them a break, it’s probably the least challenging thing they see all day.”
