Common Pochard - 1949
Wednesday, September 11, 2013 at 8:41AM
Pembrokeshire Avifauna committee in 1949 BoP, Pochard

Aythya ferina

Mathew states: "Not uncommon" as a winter visitor.  Recently it has been seen only inside Milford Haven, where it is regular on the upper rached of the Cleddau, and occasionally at Orielton, where a pair remained un 17 May 1934 (H.A.Gilbert).

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

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