Common Eider - 1949

Friday, September 13, 2013 at 8:24AM
Pembrokeshire Avifauna committee in 1949 BoP, Eider

Somateria mollissima mollissima

Mathew mentions birds shot at Stockpole, near Pembroke, and a young drake at Dale, 18 Jan 1891.  There are no recent records.

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

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