Magpie - 1949 status

Wednesday, July 24, 2013 at 10:10AM
Pembrokeshire Avifauna committee in 1949 BoP, Magpie

Pica pica pica

Numerous resident except on barest islands, but visits Skomer.  Breeds in low bushes where there are no trees available. Mathew mentions a roost at Stone Hall.

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

Article originally appeared on Birds in Pembrokeshire (http://pembsbirds.squarespace.com/).