Golden Oriole - 1980 onwards

Oriolus Oriolus   - EURYN - Scarce visitor.

1982 - 1, Skokholm, 25 May (EGG,GGG)

1984 - Male, St. Davids, 7 June (KJSD, GCL)

1985 - Male, St. Davids,26 May(BAS)

1986 - Female Skomer 19 May (SJS et al)

1987 - Male St Bride's 26 apl (PT)

1988 - One Castlemartin ranges 6 June (JB)

1989 - one St Davids Head on 12 June (JWD)

1990 - Male Skomer 4 May and female on 31 May. Single males Skokholm and Llanwnda 27 May and Marloes 30 May.

1991 - Male Trecwn 8 May

1992 - Singles at St Davids golf course 19th April Marloes/Mullock Bridge 6 May, Skomer 14-16 May, and St Davids Head 30 June.

1993 - Singles Skomer 27 May and 27 June

1994 - Singles Dowrog 7 May, Skokholm 5 June and Hylton Woods 9 June

1996 - Singles Skomer 22 May - 6 June, and Hylton Woods 9 June

1997 - Singles Skomer 23 May and Martin's Haven 3 June

2000 - Male Ramsey 13 & 16 May (RH) and female Marloes Mere 18 May (SJS).

2001 - Single females Skomer 13 & 26 May (JGB et al).

2003 - A series of records from Skomer where: one 28 April, a pair 30 April-1 May with a male remaining to 2 May.  Another male seen by day visitors 15 June (JGB)

2006 - There were 3 on Skomer 14-18 May, all were females or imm males; 2 remained 19th-20th and a single bird 22nd-23rd and 25th (JGB).

2008 -  A female on skomer 21-26 May (D Boyle) was the only accepted record

2009 - An immature male on Skomer on 14th-15th May (DB et al). Accepted WRP.

2010 - Rare summer visitor. Male at Bosherston on 25th May (BH). A pair on Skomer 7th May (T. Birkhead). All accepted by WRP

2012 - A first year or female St Davids Head on 8th May (MYP) was the only record accepted by WRP.

2014 - A male at St. Davids Head on 25th May was the only record (MYP). Accepted by WRP

2015 - On Skomer, at least four possibly five birds 11th & 12th May, with one remaining until 13th (JWM et al). Accepted WRP.

2016 - A female at Marloes Mere 6th – 7th May (DJA et al), a male at Dinas Cross 6th July (SEB) and on Skokholm on 11th May (GE, RB et al). Accepted WRP.

Records extracted from the Pembrokeshire Bird Reports

Golden Oriole - 1949 status

Oriolus oriolus oriolus

Mathew gives only one definite records, at Goodwick, May 1870 (this should be April 1870).  One Caldey, May 1922 (Wintle - 1924 "Some Caldey Birds").

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

Golden Oriole - 1994

Scarce visitor

Mathew (1894) recorded just one Golden Oriole, at Goodwick in April 1870. The next was at Caldey in May 1922 (Wintle 1924). One was at Musselwick on 10 May 1953 and a male bird was present in Haverfordwest from 11 July to mid- December 1955. This male was accompanied by a female on several occasions, suggesting but not confirming breeding.

Since then up to four Golden Orioles have been recorded between 24 April and 18 June in 20 years up to 1992, including every year since 1984. They have occurred once at Castle Martin Ranges, Cwm yr Eglwys, Hayscastle, Llanwnda, Newgale, Solva, St Bride's and Trecwn, twice at Skokholm, four times at Marloes, six times at Skomer and eight times at St David's.

Most records refer to males, their bright coloration being conspicuous in open terrain and their fluty calls revealing their presence when hidden in dense tree canopy.

Donovan J.W. & Rees G.H (1994), Birds of Pembrokeshire

Golden Oriole - 1894

Species account from M Mathew, 1894, "The Birds of Pembrokeshire and its islands"

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