Blackcap - 1949 status

Saturday, August 10, 2013 at 8:19AM
Pembrokeshire Avifauna committee in 1949 BoP, Blackcap

Sylvia atricapilla atricapilla

Fairly common summer resident in suitable tangled copses even in the west.  Appears on the islands with last species in late April and early May; rarely in autumn.

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/).