European green woodpecker but is made sticky by secretions from the enlarged salivary glands. Heavy, prolonged snow cover makes feeding difficult for the green woodpecker and can result in high mortality, from which it may take 10 years for the population to recover. Ant nests can be located under the snow; one bird was observed to dig 85 cm to reach a nest. 'Professor Yaffle', the wooden bookend character in the 1974 children's animation series "Bagpuss", was based loosely upon the green woodpecker. 'Yaffle' was among many English folk names for the European green woodpecker relating to its laughing call; others include laughing
Campaign for an English Parliament of Commons (HoC); they have had letters and articles published in many different media, and appeared on radio and television. Members have addressed schools, political associations and party conferences; they have produced booklets – leafleted to the public in town centres, at county shows and at sporting events – and papers, some of which were sent to every Member of Parliament and Peer Mike Knowles, the CEP's former chairman, has appeared before the HoC Justice Committee. Campaign for an English Parliament The Campaign for an English Parliament (CEP) is a pressure group which seeks the establishment of a devolved English