Pallas's Sandgrouse - 1994

Thursday, December 22, 2011 at 11:02AM
Pembrokeshire Avifauna committee in 1994 BoP, Pallas's Sand-grouse

Vagrant

Matthew (1984) noted one Pallas's Sandgrouse shot at Haverfordwest on 8 February 1864, one shot in Pembrokeshire in the spring of 1870, and another shot at Ambleston on 28 May 1888.  This latter record was during a year when there was an invasion of Pallas's Sandgrouse, and they were widespread in Britain.

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

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