Little Grebe - 1949
Tuesday, September 17, 2013 at 8:34AM
Pembrokeshire Avifauna committee in 1949 BoP, Little Grebe

Podiceps ruficollis ruficollis

Although Mathew stated that it "is the only one that nests in Pembrokeshire" apparently it does not breed, but is numerous in winter. Bertram Lloyd records a flock of forty on the mill-pond at Pembroke, Xmas 1925.  Has been seen Skokholm.

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

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