British Red Grouse - 1949

Wednesday, October 30, 2013 at 4:07PM
Pembrokeshire Avifauna committee in 1949 BoP, Red Grouse

Lagopus scoticus scoticus

Listed by Geo Owen as breeding in 1603.  Mathew doubted if any were still left on Prescelly, where a few used to breed.  The last he knew of were shot in 1885.  No known records since then.

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

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