Brent Goose - 1894
Monday, January 10, 2011 at 10:29PM
Pembrokeshire Avifauna committee in Brent Goose, Goose, Mathew, winter

Bemida brenta

A winter visitor, sometimes abundant. We are informed by Sir Hugh Owen, that Brent Geese usually appear on the sands at Goodwick, at the first northerly or north-easterly gale between September 29th and October 7th ; and again later in the winter. They are also seen at Broadmoor, near St. Bride's Bay, where two were shot on October 15th, iSSS ; also on the Milford Haven creeks, &c.

Mathew M.A. 1894, Birds of Pembrokeshire and it's Islands

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