Boomklever (Eurasian nuthatch)

🚩 Hoenderloo, Gelderland, the Netherlands

📷 Canon EOS 70D

🔍 TAMRON SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD G2 A022

The Nuthatch is a plump bird about the size of a Great Tit that resembles a small Woodpecker. It's blue-grey on top and whitish below, with chestnut on its sides and under its tail. It has a black stripe on its head, a long black pointed bill and short legs. It breeds throughout England and Wales and has recently begun to breed in southern Scotland. It is a resident, with birds rarely travelling far from the woods where they hatch.

The population has been increasing over the past 50 years, meaning you are more likely to come across one now. (rspb.org.uk)