British Black Grouse - 1949

Wednesday, October 30, 2013 at 4:05PM
Pembrokeshire Avifauna committee in 1949 BoP, Black Grouse

Lyrurus tetrax britannicus

Mathew describeds it as a former resident, long extinct in spite of an attempt at re-introduction at Trecwm.  Not re-established in the county.

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

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