Snow Goose - 1994

Thursday, December 15, 2011 at 9:48AM
Pembrokeshire Avifauna committee in 1994 BoP, Snow Goose

 Feral visitor

Three were seen at Skokholm on 12 June 1971, three at Cosheston on 27 January 1987 and five at both Skokholm and the Gann on 14 April 1991. They are presumed to have been escapes from the feral populations which are now established elsewhere, for example in Hampshire.

Donovan J.W. & Rees G.H (1994), Birds of Pembrokeshire

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