Ring Ouzel - 1995

The last regular breeding was in 1971, except for a successful nest on Mynydd Crwn in the Preseli Mountains in 1995

Pembrokeshire Bird Report 1995

Ring Ouzel - 1949 status

Turdus torquatus torquatus

A regular spring migrant, rare in autumn. Mathew considered it bred "on small streams which run down from the bogs on the Prescelly Mts".  But until 1948, when a pair was found feeding young in an old quarry near Rosebush (J.H.B.), breeding was not definitely recorded.

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

Ring Ouzel - 1994

Passage migrant, has bred. Not recorded in December

Mathew (1894) frequently encountered Ring Ouzels on the Preseli Mountains and judged from their behaviour that they bred there, noting that eggs were taken in 1867. Lockley et al. (1949) added the record of a pair breeding in a Preseli Mountain quarry in 1948, where Fursdon (1950) also found them nesting the following year, with three young fledged. A pair was present in another nearby locality in 1969 and bred in 1971. There are no subsequent breeding records, though a female was seen in the Preseli Mountains in July 1983.

The Ring Ouzel is a regular spring and autumn passage migrant, with up to four occurring in coastal areas, principally at Skokholm, Skomer and the Preseli Mountains, from 5 March to 26 May and from 27 August to 22 November. One seen at Skomer on 29 February 1984 was probably an early migrant, but another seen in a St David's garden on 6 January 1985 seems more likely to refer to an overwintering bird.

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

Ring Ouzel - 1970s breeding

Red = breeding confirmed

Orange = breeding probable

Yellow = breeding possible

Ring Ouzel - 1894

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

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