Branta ruficollis – Gŵydd Frongoch – Vagrant
Red-breasted Goose – records
Branta ruficollis – Gŵydd Frongoch – Vagrant Earlier records are summarised in Red-breasted Goose 1994 2012 one at Penberi Reservoir on 14 June (photographed by Mike Young-Powell). Presumably an escaped bird, perhaps the same one seen in Montgomeryshire later in the year. Source – Pembrokeshire Bird Reports More about the Red-breasted Goose in Pembrokeshire
Red-breasted Goose – 1994
Branta ruficollis – Gŵydd Frongoch – Vagrant This attractive goose is widely kept in captivity, wandering escapes obscuring the occurrence of wild birds. One at Milford Haven on 18 January 1935 (Lockley et al. 1949) is included by Witherby et. al. (1940) in a list of presumed genuine vagrants. Donovan J.W. & Rees G.H, 1994, Birds of Pembrokeshire WITHERBY, H.F., […]
Red-breasted Goose – 1949
Species account from the Birds of Pembrokeshire, 1949, by Lockley, Ingram and Salmon.
