Kittiwake - 1949
Saturday, October 26, 2013 at 10:30PM
Pembrokeshire Avifauna committee in 1949 BoP, Kittiwake

Rissa tridactyla tridactyla

Abundant resident on Ramsey, Skomer, Grassholm, and south mainland cliffs (at Flimston etc).  In 1946 there were c.1900 pairs on Skomer, and 115 pairs on Grassholm.  It has never bred on Skokholm, but does so on St Margaret's Island.

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

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