Common Crossbill - 1949 status

Sunday, July 28, 2013 at 9:02AM
Pembrokeshire Avifauna committee in 1949 BoP, Common Crossbill

Loxia curvirostra curvirosta

Mathew gives two records: Angle, 1858; Stackpole Court and elsewhere 1868.  A female, Skokholm, 5 July 1929 (R.M.L.). Small parties seen in the Fishguard district, Aug-Sept, 1930; one, Rosebush 28 Aug 1930; and several St Davids, 3 Sept, 1930 (Bertram LLoyd).

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

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