Like the true woodpeckers, wrynecks have large heads, long tongues which they use to extract their insect prey and zygodactyl feet, with two toes pointing forward, and two backwards.
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The list begins with the wryneck ( " Middle of March " ), places the cuckoo in the middle of April, and ends with the flycatcher in the middle of May.
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Among the mammals found in the reserve are the least weasel, beech marten and European polecat, and the birds include the common buzzard, the great spotted woodpecker and the Eurasian wryneck.
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Ground-feeding woodpeckers, such as the wrynecks, do not have this modified moult strategy; in fact, wrynecks moult their outer tail feathers first, with moult proceeding proximally from there.
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Ground-feeding woodpeckers, such as the wrynecks, do not have this modified moult strategy; in fact, wrynecks moult their outer tail feathers first, with moult proceeding proximally from there.
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They included Lt Cdr Robert Lane who commanded " Wryneck ", and Dr G . H . Brand who was the civilian ship's doctor on " Slamat ".
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The Picidae are just one of eight living families in the barbets, toucans, and honeyguides, have traditionally been thought to be closely related to the woodpeckers, piculets, wrynecks, and sapsuckers.
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Two more sloops were authorised in the 1942 Programme; the names would have been " Waterhen " and " Wryneck " but they were never ordered in that year's Programme.
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:RSPB bird identifier suggests ( with me guessing some of the info ) a Wryneck, but with other possibilities including a starling .-- Talk 12 : 28, 16 October 2016 ( UTC)
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Between 1922 and 1955 hrs repeated attempts to radio " Diamond " drew no reply . " Wryneck " had been ordered to keep radio silence so no attempt was made to radio her.
