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Air to air combat! Moment woodpecker battles starling for food sending feathers flying Images show a woodpecker and a starling gripped in a mid-air battle for food The birds were pictured battling it out in the wild near Colchester, in Essex
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The moment a woodpecker battles a starling in the sky in a dramatic fight for food has been captured on camera.
The 'once in a lifetime' encounter between the starling and the great spotted woodpecker was witnessed near Colchester, Essex by retired horticulturist Charles Whitfield King.