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Nuthatch - Sitta europaea

The Nuthatch is the only European bird that can move head first down a tree trunk in search of food. As a Nuthatch has the habit of tucking It's food of nuts and seeds in to the bark of a tree and then 'hacking' ( thus 'hatching') away at It with It's bill to extract the nut or seed and this is how the Nuthatch got It's name.

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Uploaded on March 16, 2019
Taken on October 28, 2017