Juvenile great spotted woodpecker [Dendrocopos major] in the garden, its beak messy with fat from the feeder
I thought our great spotted woodpeckers had failed to breed this year as for a long time all I saw was a solitary male. But a couple of weeks ago this young one appeared – although the top of its head is now fading from bright orange to red. The adult female has no red on its head and the adult male a red patch on the nape.
The other young birds are also growing up now…
Young blackbird [Turdus merula] on the bird bath
The Squirrelbasket 
So adorable, with that messy beak. Toddlers, eh….
Thanks for taking the trouble to comment.
Yes, as they get older they learn to wipe their beaks on the fence…
All the best 🙂
Lovely to see the next generation :))
Thanks for the pics. X
Indeed. Life goes on.
Thanks for your kind comment 🙂
Fun to see 🙂
Thanks for your kind comment – I seem to be well over a month behind with answering comments!
My life is not my own at the moment 🙂