Greater or Lesser Spotted? (Warning dead bird)

[whats wrong with you all]

We felled a tree last summer (for safety reasons) and while I was de-limbing it I found this little fella in one of the crevices.

He is very dried out so can't see for definite if it's a Greater or Lesser. He seems very small.

Hoping someone with more knowledge has an idea!

http://imgur.com/a/QnNcc

Bonus: here is a video of the tree being dropped. Dead Beech that seemed to completely disintegrate on impact!

 

[Nice65]

Lesser, I think.

Nice pile of firewood

 

[whats wrong with you all]

Lesser, I think.

Nice pile of firewood

It certainly was! Had been standing dead for years, but was right next to a busy path and started shedding more bits than we were comfortable with.

 

[Adze]

Are you very petite? If not, a juvenile greater spotted is definitely on the cards.

 

[Klenchblaize]

Am I alone in thinking there is something a tad incongruous and frankly frightening in the need to post a "dead bird" warning on a site dealing in the Great Outdoors or is this a further indication that so much of bushcraft today takes place ftom the warmth of a Starbucks and c/o an I-Pad?

K

 

[whats wrong with you all]

Am I alone in thinking there is something a tad incongruous and frankly frightening in the need to post a "dead bird" warning on a site dealing in the Great Outdoors or is this a further indication that so much of bushcraft today takes place ftom the warmth of a Starbucks and c/o an I-Pad?

K

Better safe than sorry! for the sake of writing two words, I'd sooner not start an argument.

 

[whats wrong with you all]

Are you very petite? If not, a juvenile greater spotted is definitely on the cards.

Fairly normal sized hands. But yes, that's why I'm not sure. Plus, red colouring you can see is consistent(ish) with juvenile greater.

 

[Goatboy]

Am I alone in thinking there is something a tad incongruous and frankly frightening in the need to post a "dead bird" warning on a site dealing in the Great Outdoors or is this a further indication that so much of bushcraft today takes place ftom the warmth of a Starbucks and c/o an I-Pad?

K

The reason things like hunting & firearms have to be kept in Fair Game & the author of this thread did take the time to post it up is that many folk will look at BUCK at work or sometimes at school. Many institutions would find certain things unacceptable and will either filter us out or block us all together. As it is I regularly have to talk to/email the folk who run the internet access in my local library as they say that some of the content isn't suitable.

Sent via smoke-signal from a woodland in Scotland.

 

[Bowlander]

I'd go for young greater, the tail feathers are still coming out of their sheaths. Lessers are about sparrow sized.

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[Harvestman]

Juveile greater spotted for me as well.

 

[Drain Bamaged]

Looks like a Norwegian Blue to me and I don't think it's actually dead it's just resting.

D.B.

 

[baggins]

i reckon a juvenile greater too. the plumage just seems too wrong for a lesser (mind you only ever seen a couple in the last decade).