Montagu's Harrier - 1949 status

Friday, August 30, 2013 at 8:58AM
Pembrokeshire Avifauna committee in 1949 BoP, Montagu's Harrier

Circus pygargus

Has bred in the county since 1924 and possibly for twenty years earlier.  Mathew records a nest at Leweston in 1854 as only known occurrence.

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/).