British Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1949 status

Sunday, August 25, 2013 at 8:46AM
Pembrokeshire Avifauna committee in 1949 BoP, Great Spotted Woodpecker

Dryobates major anglicus

Formerly less common than green woodpecker, but widely distributed in well-wooded country, and scattred pairs are to be found throughout the county.  Has increase during recent years.

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/).