Philippe Clement / Male Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) wedging nut into a tree stump crevice before hammering it, Belgium, June.

Dave Bevan / Slow motion clip of a Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) returning to nest hole, attacked by a Nuthatch (Sitta europaea), Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, April.

David Pattyn / Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) adult male feeding young, Oisterwijk, The Netherlands, June

Dave Bevan / Male Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) descending down a wooden electricity pole, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, June.

Dave Bevan / Male Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) flying to a nest hole in an electricty pole and feeding chick, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, June.

Dave Bevan / Male Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) entering nest hole and leaving with a faecal sac, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, June.

NaturePL Showreels / Showreel (or snowreel!) featuring wintery landscapes and animals adapting to cold weather around the world.

Fabrice Cahez / Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) feeding mate at nest in tree trunk, France

Fabrice Cahez / Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) at nest hole in tree trunk, France

David Tipling / Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius) confronting Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major), on log in pool. North Norfolk, England, UK. January.

David Tipling / Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius) confronting Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major), on log in pool. North Norfolk, England, UK. January.

Andres M. Dominguez / Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) in Autumn, Andalusia, Spain, October.

Jussi Murtosaari / Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) female on tree trunk. Laukaa, Central Finland. February.

Bernard Castelein / Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus major) juvenile bathing. Brasschaat, Belgium. June.

Philippe Clement / Male Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) male foraging on tree stump, Belgium, June.

Mick Jenner / Male Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) feeding predated chick to its chick, New Forest, Hampshire, England, UK, May.

Ross Hoddinott / Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopus major), feeding on silver birch tree, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland. January.

Sven Zacek / Great-spotted woodpecker (dendrocopos major) at nest with a grown chick looking out of hole in tree, Tartumaa county, Southern Estonia. June 2019.

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) male on tree trunk, Denmark, February

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) male feeding juvenile, Denmark, June

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) male drinking from bird bath, Denmark, May

Danny Green / Great Spotted Woodpecker in snow (Dendrocopos major), Scotland, February.

Danny Green / Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) on a tree trunk. Finland, March.

Colin Varndell / Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) fledgling, waiting to be fed by parent. Dorset, England, UK June 2016

Ben Hall / Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) in snowfall, Aviemore, Highlands, Scotland, UK, February. Highly commended in the Habitat Category of the BWPA Competition 2019.

Hermann Brehm / Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) right, and Middle spotted woodpecker (Dendrocoptes medius) left, on tree trunk, Germany. April

Hermann Brehm / Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) left, and Middle spotted woodpecker (Dendrocoptes medius) right, on tree trunk, Germany. March

Hermann Brehm / Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) and Grey headed woodpecker (Picus canus) on tree trunk, Germany. December

Jussi Murtosaari / Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major), male feeding juvenile in nest, Finland, June.

Staffan Widstrand / Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) male on snowy tree trunk. Kalvtrask, Vasterbotten, Lapland, Sweden. January.

Nick Upton / Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus major) feeding from a bird feeder, Gloucestershire, England, UK, April.

Nick Upton / Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus major) feeding from a bird feeder, Gloucestershire, England, UK, April.

Nick Upton / Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus major) feeding from a bird feeder, Gloucestershire, England, UK, April.

Brian Bevan / Male Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocpas major) feeding young at nest hole, Bedfordshire, England, UK, June.

Markus Varesvuo / Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) male on tree trunk in snow. Haukipudas, Oulu, Finland. January.

Sven Zacek / Great-spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) with insects in beak to feed to chicks. Tartumaa, Southern Estonia. May.

Sven Zacek / Great-spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) male feeding almost fully grown nestling. Tartumaa, Southern Estonia. June.

Andy Sands / Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus major) female perched on dead trunk, Hertfordshire, England, UK, February

Mike Read / Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) perched on tree in garden. Crow, Ringwood, Hampshire, England, UK. April 2018.

Konrad Wothe / Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) male in flight, Bavaria, Germany. April

David Tipling / Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) male Norfolk, England, UK. January

Oliver Hellowell / Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) female feeding on baited log, England, UK. January 2018

Oliver Hellowell / Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) female on mossy log, England, UK. June 2018

Konrad Wothe / Male Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) entering nesthole, Bavaria, Germany, April.

Konrad Wothe / Male Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) excavating nesthole in tree trunk, Bavaria, Germany, April.

Konrad Wothe / Male Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) drumming and stretching wings, Bavaria, Germany, March.

Konrad Wothe / Male Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) stretching wings and drumming on a tree trunk, Bavaria, Germany, March.

Konrad Wothe / Male Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) preening and drumming on a tree trunk, Bavaria, Germany, March.