Sunday, September 26, 2010 at 9:45PM Parus britannicus
A common resident. Mr. Dix considered it more common than he had ever met with it in England, and in our locality it was certainly an abundant species. The nests we found were always lined with a thick welt of rabbit's fur.
Sunday, September 26, 2010 at 9:43PM Species account from M Mathew, 1894, "The Birds of Pembrokeshire and its islands"
Sunday, September 26, 2010 at 9:41PM Species account from M Mathew, 1894, "The Birds of Pembrokeshire and its islands"
Sunday, September 26, 2010 at 9:35PM Species account from M Mathew, 1894, "The Birds of Pembrokeshire and its islands"
Sunday, September 26, 2010 at 9:33PM HEDGE SPARROW, Accentor modularis
A common resident. In a hard winter when we were feeding numerous small birds at our dining-room window, a Hedge Sparrow asserted himself as king of the company, not allowing any of the Chaffinches, Tits, Green Linnets, &c, to touch the food until he had satisfied himself. This conduct in a bird usually so unassuming and gentle not a little astonished us, and it was also remarkable that the other birds submitted to his dominion. Mr. Tracy states : " This species is very subject to warts on the beak and legs ; how can this be accounted for ?" We have never met with one thus afflicted.
Sunday, September 26, 2010 at 1:03PM Species account from M Mathew, 1894, "The Birds of Pembrokeshire and its islands"
Sunday, September 26, 2010 at 1:01PM Species account from M Mathew, 1894, "The Birds of Pembrokeshire and its islands"
Sunday, September 26, 2010 at 12:54PM Species account from M Mathew, 1894, "The Birds of Pembrokeshire and its islands"
Sunday, September 26, 2010 at 12:53PM Phylloscopus trochilus
A not very numerous summer visitor. A nest found at Stone Hall, near a pond much frequented by Herons, was entirely lined with the small grey feathers of those birds.
Sunday, September 26, 2010 at 12:51PM Species account from M Mathew, 1894, "The Birds of Pembrokeshire and its islands"
Sunday, September 26, 2010 at 12:49PM Regulus cristatus
A common resident, receiving accessions to its numbers in the winter from northern countries. Mr. Dix saw a flock of about fifty in a plantation on 6th November. Goldcrests were always numerous in the larch plantations at Stone Hall, where we came across numbers of their beautiful nests. One we found close to the house was entirely lined with the feathers of the Green Woodpecker. There was a nest of these birds in an adjoining sycamore tree. We have had several bright plumaged male Goldcrests sent to us by friends for Firecrests. Although the Firecrest is extremely likely to occur in the winter-time in Pembrokeshire, we have not yet either seen or heard of a county specimen. It may be useful to remark that the Firecrest is always to be easily distinguished from the Goldcrest by the white line above the eye.
Sunday, September 26, 2010 at 12:48PM Species account from M Mathew, 1894, "The Birds of Pembrokeshire and its islands"