Cirl Bunting - 1949 status
Monday, July 29, 2013 at 7:55AM
Pembrokeshire Avifauna committee in 1949 BoP, Cirl Bunting

Emberiza cirlus cirlus

Apart from a very small colony near Solva, a rare straggler.  Described by Mathew as a rare occasional visitor.  first record of breeding in 1895 in solva and Haverfordwest districts (H.W.Evans). None recorded in 1948

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

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