Pochard - 1894

Fuligula ferina

A winter visitor ; not uncommon.

Has occurred to ourselves on small ponds, some distance from the coast. Some are taken on the decoy, at Orielton. Mr. Dix mentions one that was shot on a pond in his neighbourhood. This species is also an accomplished diver.

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