British Nuthatch - 1949 status

Sitta europaea affinis

Mathew recorded only one, shot at Slebech, 7 Sept 1893.  W.M.Congreve saw it at Picton and Saundersfoot in 1908.  Now common in all wooded areas as a breeder, and wanders to small woods in sheltered valleys in exposed areas out of breeding season, eg Dinas Island and St Brides.

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