Male Great Spotted Woodpecker on the old rhus tree

I looked out of the window when I went to stretch my legs after being at my desktop computer for too long. I wanted a drink so I went downstairs and as I could still see the woodpecker I changed the lens on my camera and silently focused.

I was in the dining room behind the patio doors, which are double-glazed, but I couldn't risk the sound of the sliding doors frightening the woody away.

It was raining hard and after a few minutes of stuffing its beak with sunflower seeds, it flew a few yards to the old dead thus tree trunk which I keep as a good perch for the birds. I'm pleased that I caught the underside of its belly which is surprisingly mottled red, and today its feathers were particularly wet and bedraggled even under there.