Thursday
Jul252013
Rose-coloured Starling - 1949 status

Pastor roseus (Sturnus roseus)
One seen near Gateholm, 19 June 1939 (B.Birds XXXI, 149). One on 16 Oct 1946 at Marloes (RML). Mathew gives two rather vague records from St Florence and Castlemartin.
R.M.Lockley, G.C.S.Ingram, H.M.Salmon, 1949, The Birds of Pembrokeshire, The West Wales Field Society

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1949 BoP in
Rose-coloured Starling

