American Bittern - 1949

Monday, September 2, 2013 at 8:23AM
Pembrokeshire Avifauna committee in 1949 BoP, American Bittern

Botaurus lentiginosus

Mathew records on shot St Davids, Oct 1872.  A male was shot near Dale, 11 Dec 1905 (Dr Mills).  A third seen Ramsey Island, 19 Oct 1946 (R.M.L. & J.Davies)

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

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