woodpecker holes

[andrew t]

Priced a job to remove a dead larix decidua the tree was full of small holes the lady said it was from a woodpecker it looked like it had been used for firing practice. would this be the woodpecker looking for grubs of a beetle ?.Will add pic later

[Mortimer Firewood]

Priced a job to remove a dead larix decidua the tree was full of small holes the lady said it was from a woodpecker it looked like it had been used for firing practice. would this be the woodpecker looking for grubs of a beetle ?.Will add pic later

 

 

Take care if you are climbing this one as all the trees i have taken down with lots of woodpecker holes have been really rotten all the way through its like they know its rotten and decayed and that's where all the insects are . Just my two pence worth dont know this is all ways the case.

[Fungus]

a dead larix decidua the tree was full of small holes from a woodpecker it looked like it had been used for firing practice. would this be the woodpecker looking for grubs of a beetle ?

 

Andrew,

or other insect larvae. Woodpeckers only create one or two holes for nesting (see : the arborists little helper).

[easy-lift guy]

Andrew, Woodpeckers will create many holes for harvesting insects in trees that are dead and dieing. Do take care like woodchopper said if you are going to do any climbing for removal of said tree. Looking forward to the pics.

easy-lift guy

[corylus]

Lots of small holes........could be sawflies Urocerus gigas?

[Fungus]

Lots of small holes ...

 

... could also be the result of "hammering" on trees to communicate with other woodpeckers on the bounderies of their territories.

[Mortimer Firewood]

Andrew,

or other insect larvae. Woodpeckers only create one or two holes for nesting (see : the arborists little helper).

 

I have taken an ash out recently that had four w pecker holes in it and they looked to all be in use 70% of said tree was to rotten for firewood ,i allso know of another ash [coverd in fungus] that has 3 or more w pecker holes in next time im over that way ill get some pics.

[Fungus]

four w pecker holes ... they looked to all be in use ... 3 or more w pecker holes in

 

All used as nesting holes/hollows by the same pair of woodpeckers at the same time or are some taken by other birds (nuthatch), bats, squirrels or tree marten ?

[Mortimer Firewood]

Not sure every time we turn up the wildlife leaves

[AndyElliott]

Inspected a lime in a park in scarborough a couple of years ago and the entire tree was covered in lines of shallow holes. Spoke to a local ornithologist about it who was very exited! now the local twitchers monitor the tree - apparently its a woodpecker behaviour seldom found in the uk, although it is documented in US and in mainland europe by some woodpecker species.