Velvet Scoter - 1980s winter

Sunday, October 9, 2011 at 10:34PM
Pembrokeshire Avifauna committee in 1980s BTO winter atlas, GHR, Velvet Scoter

The BTO winter atlas showed that Velvet Scoters were present in two coastal 10km squares during the winters of 1981-82, 1982-82 and 1983-84.

The darker the colour, the higher the relative total count for each 10km square.  The darkest blue represents 3-10 birds seen in a day.

They were mostly seen in association with Common Scoters.

Graham Rees 

Article originally appeared on Birds in Pembrokeshire (http://pembsbirds.squarespace.com/).