Woodpecker !!!

[FRUGAL MASTER]

My next door neighbour has a bird box with some small birds nesting inside , but
a woodpecker turned up from time to time , and has pecked away at the small entrance hole to the box which he managed to eventually get in and pull the nest and its eggs outside , not sure if the Woodpecker is after the eggs or they actually want the next box itself....

[Steve the Gas]

Sadly they will eat eggs and chicks, alot of boxes have metal sides covering the wood to prevent this. Once they start it ............it gets passed on as a hunting trait.
These boxes were featured on the Chris packham prog last week.

[Panteg Produce]

Give him a good squirt of the hose pipe that should deter the bliter!
We had a Cat sitting under our box at the weekend,worked a treat on him/her!

[FRUGAL MASTER]

At first I thought it was my neighbour doing some DIY , ( the tapping from the Woodpeckers beak onto the hollow bird box ,