Moorhen - 1949

Tuesday, October 29, 2013 at 10:10AM
Pembrokeshire Avifauna committee in 1949 BoP, Moorhen

Gallinula chloropus chloropus

Common resident.  One at the South Bishop lighthouse at 1am, 9 Oct 1884, but there is little evidence of true migration.  Breeds Skokholm, Skomer, Ramsey and Caldey.

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

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