British Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1949 status

Dryobates major anglicus

Formerly less common than green woodpecker, but widely distributed in well-wooded country, and scattred pairs are to be found throughout the county.  Has increase during recent years.

R.M.Lockley, G.C.S.Ingram, H.M.Salmon, 1949, The Birds of Pembrokeshire, The West Wales Field Society