Tuesday, March 6, 2018 at 8:11PM Very scarce migrant, 4 records since 2000.
Source: Pembrokeshire Bird List (2018 update) edited by Mike Young-Powell on behalf of the Pembrokeshire Bird Group.
Rarity, WRP in Nightingale Wednesday, August 14, 2013 at 8:36AM Luscinia megarhyncha megarhyncha
A male singing in Pointz Castle Valley, a quarter of a mile from the sea; first heard on 12 May 1948, and sang throughout the remainder of the month (J.F. and T.D.). Did not breed. In view of this definite record it may be worth noting three earlier reports, previously doubted as being so far west of normal range: one singing nightly May 1923, by the stream at Amroth which divids Pembrokeshire from Carmarthenshire (G.C.); and singing at Wiston 1936 and 1944 (Western Telegraph and Cymric Times, 18 May 1944).
R.M.Lockley, G.C.S.Ingram, H.M.Salmon, 1949, The Birds of Pembrokeshire, The West Wales Field Society
Saturday, December 24, 2011 at 3:46PM Scarce visitor
Mathew (1894) did not record the Nightingale but Lockley et al. (1949) noted one singing at Pointz Castle from 12 to 31 May 1948 and speculated whether claims at Amroth in 1923 and Wiston in 1936 and 1944 should have been taken seriously.
Since then single Nightingales have been observed in 20 years between 1951 and 1992, but not more than three have been recorded in any one year. Most have occurred in spring, between 20 April and 31 May, some singing for three weeks at localities including Llysyfran, Lawrenny and West Williamston. Autumn records all come from the islands of Skokholm and Skomer between 14 August and 25 September.
