Red-crested Pochard - 1990 onwards
Wednesday, May 13, 2020 at 10:26PM
Pembrokeshire Avifauna committee in Red-crested Pochard

Netta rufina - Vagrant

1999 - Male at Withybush Wood pond 24 Nov - Dec, with metal ring on leg and badly pinioned left wing.

2003 - Female Bosherston 11 Nov – 31 Dec (RJH, DJA et al ), another female Pembroke M P 30 Nov -  31 Dec (JH, PJ, M-YP). Third and fourth county records.

2004 - Single females Bosherston 1 & 2 Jan (LL, TJP) and Pembroke M P 1 Jan – 26 Mar (JH et al), juv Thomas Chapel 6-21 Oct (J & MB).

2007 - The only record was of a pair at rosebush Reservoir, 17-20 Feb (PKG, RD)

2010 - A surprise find was a male Red-crested Pochard in the middle of Angle Bay – so where did that escape from ?

Records extracted from Pembrokeshire Bird Reports to 2018

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