British Bullfinch - 1949 status

Saturday, July 27, 2013 at 11:55AM
Pembrokeshire Avifauna committee in 1949 BoP, Bullfinch

Pyrrhula pyrrhula nesa

Common resident, breeding even in small woods and copses in valleys on exposed coast.  Not recorded Skokholm, but one seen Skomer, 31 March, 1946 and may breed Caldey.

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/).