Wren - 1894

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

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Nuthatch - 1894

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

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Blue Tit - 1894

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

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Marsh Tit - 1894

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

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Coal Tit - 1894

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.

Mathew M.A. 1894, Birds of Pembrokeshire and it's Islands

Great Tit - 1894

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

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Long-tailed Tit - 1894

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

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Bearded Reedling - 1894

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

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Dunnock - 1894

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.

Mathew M.A. 1894, Birds of Pembrokeshire and it's Islands

Grasshopper Warbler - 1894

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

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Sedge Warbler - 1894

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

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Goldcrest - 1894

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.

Mathew M.A. 1894, Birds of Pembrokeshire and it's Islands