British Redshank - 1949
Friday, October 4, 2013 at 12:57PM
Pembrokeshire Avifauna committee in 1949 BoP, Redshank

Tringa totanus britannica

Mathew described it as an autumn visitor, scarcer than formerly.  It has never been proved to breed in spate of a general increase in the last fifty years.  Suspected breeding near St Davids, June 1932 (B.Birds XXXVI, 202) and 1948 (J.F.).  Abundant visitor Milford Haven in winter.

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

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