Fledgling Green Woodpecker

Out walking the dog today, he went ahead and all of a sudden there came the panicked cries of something he had disturbed. Running up I soon saw that he was shepherding a large fledgling bird. It was a green woodpecker and it was making a huge amount of noise for such a relatively small bird. Catching it up, it became clear that it had some damage to the top of its head. This appeared to be largely superficial, so I placed it into a horse paddock, hopefully out of harm's way, where it rapidly sought cover. Hopefully its parents will have found it and continued to supply it with food until it is able to fly properly.