Good spot (no pun intended).
Have seen a spotted woodpecker only twice in my 5 years in SG, most recently in early October this year swooping between the trees alongside the railway behind Woodstock Rd.
Happy new year.
An Islington/Veolia street cleansing lorry (one of those 'scarab' vehicles and accompanying operative on foot, sweeping the pavement) went under the bridges, up SGR last night when I was walking through at about 1930. Only did the Islington side tho…