Shoveler - 1949
Wednesday, September 11, 2013 at 8:37AM
Pembrokeshire Avifauna committee in 1949 BoP, Shoveler

Spatula clypeata

Not very numerous winter visitor, chiefly on the coast and to Skokholm and Skomer.  Regular visitor to Orielton (over one hundred there 30 Jan 1939). A few pairs breed, eg three or four three-quarters grown young shot Dowrog, 1904, nest and eggs found Angle 8 June 1931 (Bertram Lloyd), adults seen in June at St Davids 1929, and Angle 1930.

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/).
See website for complete article licensing information.