Pica pica – PIODEN – Breeding resident
Magpie – 2007-12 winter
Winter distribution map from data collected during the BTO 2007-11 Atlas period.
Magpie – 2003-07 breeding
Pica pica – PIODEN – Breeding resident Comparison with previous atlas: 1984-88 2003-07 Breeding confirmed 368 305 Breeding probable 26 81 Breeding possible 53 59 No of tetrads occupied 447 (of 478) 445 (of 490) Percentage of tetrads 93.5% 90.8% A familiar bird to most people, the magpie can be encountered throughout the county and…
Magpie – 1994
Pica pica – PIODEN – Breeding resident 1984-88 Breeding confirmed 368 Breeding probable 26 Breeding possible 53 No of tetrads occupied 447 (of 478) Percentage of tetrads 93.5% The Magpie was a numerous resident according to both Mathew (1894) and Lockley et al. (1949). They were once persecuted in Pembrokeshire. Some idea of the scale can be…
Magpie – 1980s winter
Pica pica – PIODEN – Breeding resident The BTO winter atlas showed that Magpies were present in most 10km squares during the winters of 1981-82, 1982-82 and 1983-84. The darker the colour, the higher the relative total count for each 10km square. The darkest blue represents over 44 birds. Communal roosts were included in the plot. More…
Magpie – 1968-72 breeding
Red = breeding confirmed Orange = breeding probable More about the Magpie in Pembrokeshire
Magpie – 1949
Species account from the Birds of Pembrokeshire, 1949, by Lockley, Ingram and Salmon.
Magpie – 1894
Species account from the 1894 ‘Birds of Pembrokeshire and its Islands’ by Rev M A Mathew
Pembrokeshire Avifauna 