It's happiest where there are many trees. It lives in all kinds of forests. The woodpecker is very rare in Slovenia. People are destroying the forests, especially the old trees. There is not much food.
People like to go to the mountains like cycling and hiking and disturb the birds.
In Slovenia, the woodpecker lives in the Triglav National Park. We should stop destroying forests and build nests where the damage is already done, so that the woodpeckers can come back. In Slovenia we have many organisations for protecting the birds.