Great Snipe - 1894
Monday, February 28, 2011 at 5:26PM
Pembrokeshire Avifauna committee in Great Snipe, Mathew, Wader, rare

Gallinago major

A winter visitor, rare.

The Great Snipe never occurred to us in Pembrokeshire; it is at all times very rare in the south-west of the kingdom. Mr. Mathias includes it in his list. Mr. Tracy says : " The Great Snipe has, in several instances, been killed in this county ; " but he does not furnish localities and dates. We know of no recent occurrence.

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

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