Injured rare woodpecker nursed back to health

GSPCA staff believe the woodpecker may have flown into a window

A lesser spotted woodpecker has been successfully nursed back to health by animal carers, a charity has said.

The GSPCA said the bird - named Woodrow by staff - was found badly injured in a gutter two weeks ago after flying into a window.

It was brought in to its animal hospital "lifeless" and carers suspected a brain injury, it said.

However, the following day the GSPCA said the bird looked much brighter and has since been released back in to the wild.

Jack Le Moigne, GSPCA animal care assistant, said: "We do occasionally help woodpeckers each year and at the end of last month Woodrow, a lesser spotted woodpecker, arrived in a very poorly state.

"Thanks to the TLC [tender loving care] of our team Woodrow quickly recovered and we are delighted to say he is now back in the wild."

According to the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, the lesser spotted woodpecker is the smallest and least common of the three woodpeckers in Britain.