[JasonVizor]

Hi David,
Beautiful Lotus, your cars always are. With regards to your Woodpecker, its a young Green Woodpecker, you'll always see these feeding on the ground as their main diet is ants, its unlikely to be this bird you hear drumming on the trunks of trees, this behavior is typical of the Great Spotted Woodpecker. If you put up a peanut feeder you'll virtually guarantee yourself good views of this bird also. Kindest Regards Jason

Lovely Photos by the way

 

[JasonVizor]

Hi David,
Glad to provide a little information, personally I find birds fascinating, all wildlife and the outdoors really. Your bird is a juvenile female, the male has red on the cheek, I'll guess you often hear a strange bird call that sounds a little like maniacal laughter, this is the Green Woodpecker.
Kindest Regards Jason