Great Skua - 1949
Saturday, October 26, 2013 at 10:32PM
Pembrokeshire Avifauna committee in 1949 BoP, Great Skua

Stercorarius skua skua

Mathew quotes Sire Hugh Owen as stating that it "is always to be seen in Goodwick Bay in a good herring season".  Mathias included it in his list.  One in the collection of H.W.Evans was shot at Trevaccwn in 1894.  There seem to be no recent records.

R.M.Lockley, G.C.S.Ingram, H.M.Salmon, 1949, The Birds of Pembrokeshire, The West Wales Field Society

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