(Dryocopus martius)
Heading south to the Camargue, in the south of France, we stopped for a few days in the Sologne, a large area of wet woodland south of Orleans.
Beside a nearby canal lined with Plane trees we found that most trees had very large nest holes and about every third hole was occupied by an example of this magnificent woodpecker.
They were so easy to find we were spoiled for choice!
