Scops Owl - 1994

Thursday, December 22, 2011 at 5:46PM
Pembrokeshire Avifauna committee in 1994 BoP, Scops Owl

Vagrant

One Scop's Owl was caught near Pembroke in the spring of 1868 (Mathew 1894). Another, at Skokholm on 25 April 1955 (P.E. Davis), was found roosting in a hole near the cliff top and was captured for ringing by throwing a net over the entrance.

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

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