Lesser spotted woodpecker at Yarner Wood

I have recently been visiting Yarner Woods NNR on the eastern edge of Dartmoor near Bovey Tracey in the hope of finding lesser spotted woodpeckers. March and early April is an excellent time to find these fast declining and elusive woodpeckers as they can often be located via their drumming and laughing calls. 

Yarner is a large wood though plenty of great habitat for them so seeing them is still a big challenge. 
I was recently lucky to see a pair for most of the morning near the top of the wood and along the edge of Trendlebere Down. They were still difficult to see well though. 

(Lesser spotted woodpecker Yarner Wood) 

(Lesser spotted woodpecker Yarner Wood)

(Lesser spotted woodpecker Yarner Wood) 

(Lesser spotted woodpecker) 

I also heard another bird calling from the other side of the wood though never saw it. There was plenty of activity from other woodland species around the site though and I also heard my first pied flycatcher of the year. 

(Blue tit from the valley hide at Yarner) 

(Male bullfinch at Yarner Wood) 

(Male bullfinch at Yarner Wood) 

(Coal tit at Yarner Wood) 

(Siskin at Yarner Wood) 

(Nuthatch at Yarner Wood) 

(Great spotted woodpecker at Yarner Wood)