THE LESSER SPOTTED 
WOODPECKER 
PICUS MINOR 
Locat names in surrounding counties : 
Status iN British Avirauna: A widely distributed 
resident in the wooded districts of England and Wales, 
becoming rarer north of Yorkshire, and absent from 
Scotland and Ireland. 
Rap1aAL DisTRIBUTION WITHIN FIFTEEN MILES OF ST. 
Paui’s: ‘This is by far the most plentiful and generally 
dispersed of the Woodpeckers in the Metropolitan area. 
I can give no records of it from any of the central districts, 
although it is quite possible that such a tiny species has 
been overlooked. ‘The Lesser Spotted Woodpecker is 
fairly common in the Dulwich, Wimbledon, Richmond, 
Bushey, and Hanwell districts. “Vhence it may be found at 
Horsenden, Sudbury, Wembley, Brentford, Kew, Ealing, 
and Hampstead. It is also a local resident at Elstree, 
Harrow, Pinner, Ruislip, Stanmore, Kingsbury, Mill Hill, 
Barnet, Enfield, Waltham, Muswell Hill, Epping, Wan- 
stead, and Dagenham. On the Kentish side of the river 
among the localities frequented may be mentioned 
Woolwich, Dartford, the Crays, Bromley, and Farn- 
borough ; whilst in Surrey, again, to complete our radius, 
we may add Croydon, Banstead, Sutton, Cheam, Merton, 
Esher, and Epsom. Beyond the radius, but within easy 
reach of the Metropolis, I may add that Eton, Windsor, 
Ditton, and Burnham are favourite resorts of this Wood- 
pecker. 
The Lesser Spotted Woodpecker is just as shy and 
retiring in its ways of life as its larger allies, and its small 
size renders it even more likely to escape notice. It 
frequents similar situations, but shows perhaps more 
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