Or, as we know it here in East Anglia, a yaffle.
Really? is that why 'The carved wooden bookend in the shape of a Woodpecker' in Bagpuss - was called Professor Yaffle? How interesting!
And "yaffle" is supposed to derive from this woodpecker's laugh-like call, which is very distinctive.
Em saw a 'strange bird' out the back the other day. After some discussion, we think it was probably a green woodpecker.
Or, as we know it here in East Anglia, a yaffle.
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