Green Woodpecker - 1949 status

Sunday, August 25, 2013 at 8:44AM
Pembrokeshire Avifauna committee in 1949 BoP, Green Woodpecker

Picus viridis pluvius

Formerly numerous resident except in treeless area, which it visits after the breeding season.  Considerable decrease noted 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/).