Sparrow Hawk - 1949 status

Friday, August 30, 2013 at 9:01AM
Pembrokeshire Avifauna committee in 1949 BoP, Sparrowhawk

Accipiter nisus nisus

Common resident, breeding in quite small copses and cliff side scrub.  An autumn and winter visitor to the islands.

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

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