Common Scoter - 1949
Friday, September 13, 2013 at 8:26AM
Pembrokeshire Avifauna committee in 1949 BoP, Scoter

Melanitta nigra nigra

In Mathew's day a not rare winter visitor; now to be seen at all times of the year.  Rafts (up to 400) summer in St Bride's Bay and Carmarthen Bay, also off Strumble Head and St David's Head.  It may thus be more numerous in summer than in winter.

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.