Sand Martin - 1949 status

Friday, August 23, 2013 at 7:56AM
Pembrokeshire Avifauna committee in 1949 BoP, Sand Martin

Riparia riparia riparia

Summer resident and passage migrant.  Colonies, usually small, in river banks and gravel pits.

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

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