Alpine Swift - 1949 status

Apus melba melba

One, out of two present, shot Angle Bay, 20 Nov 1908, and two seen 14 Sept 1934 at St Davids.

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

Sand Martin - 1949 status

Riparia riparia riparia

Summer resident and passage migrant.  Colonies, usually small, in river banks and gravel pits.

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

House Martin - 1949 status

Delichon urbica urbica

Summer resident, less common than swallow.  Nests on coastal cliffs in several places, eg near Newport, Moylgrove, Penrhyn Castle, Bosherston and at Caldey.  Considerably less numerous on passage than Swallow.

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

Swallow - 1949 status

Hirundo rustica rustica

Common summer resident.  Aundant on passage along whole coast and offshore.  Has bred Skokholm, Skomer, Ramsey and Caldey.

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

British Dipper - 1949 status

Cinclus cinclus gularis

Fairly well distributed as resident on larger streams in hilly country.  Wanders locally in winter but not to the the islands except one, Skomer, 3 May 1946.

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

Wren - 1949 status

Troglodytes troglodytes troglodytes

Common resident, also breeding Caldey, Skomer, and Ramsey, but not Sokholm or Grassholm.  Ringed Wrens returned to winter on Skokholm.

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

British Hedge Sparrow - 1949 status

Prunella modularis occidentalis

Common resident, usually breeding on the larger islands, where it is also a winter visitor.

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

British Robin - 1949 status

Erithacus rubecula melophilus

Common resident.  To the islands a winter visitor and autumn passage migrant.  Bred Skokholm, 1939-40.  Ringed Robins return to winter on Skokholm.

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

White-spotted Bluethroat - 1949 status

Luscinia svecica cyanecula

S.Marchant had good views of the only one recorded in Wales, on Skomer, a male, 9 May 1946.

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

Nightingale - 1949 status

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

Black Redstart - 1949

Phoenicurus ochrurus gibraltarensis

Regular winter visitor, chiefly from Sept to Nov and March-April, but also seen Dec, Jan, and Feb.  Principally on the islands and in sheltered bays along the whole coast.  Fifty at Skokholm at one time during March 1948.

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

Redstart - 1949

Phoenicurus phoenicurus phoenicurus

Mathew records only two nests in the county "in an old bee-house at Kilwendeage".  Bertram Lloyd found several nesting pairs in the centre of the county in 1928 and one pair nesting at Haverfordwest, June 1934.  Also seen by him Abercych, July 1924; Picton Park, 10 June 1927; and three singing same place 23 May 1928.  Elsewhere, and on the islands, it is only recorded as a scarce migrant.

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