Scops Owl - 1949 status

Otus scops scops

Mathew records one caught near Pembroke in spring, 1868, which remains the only Welsh record.

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

Scops Owl - 1994

Vagrant

One Scop's Owl was caught near Pembroke in the spring of 1868 (Mathew 1894). Another, at Skokholm on 25 April 1955 (P.E. Davis), was found roosting in a hole near the cliff top and was captured for ringing by throwing a net over the entrance.

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

Scops Owl - 1894

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

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