Milvus milvus – BARCUD COCH – Scarce visitor
Red Kite – 2003-07 breeding
Milvus milvus – BARCUD COCH – Scarce visitor Fieldwork 2003-07 (based on 490 tetrads) Red = breeding confirmed, Orange = breeding probable, Yellow = breeding possible Tetrads in which registered = 43 (8.8%) Red Kites became extinct as a breeding species in Pembrokeshire in the latter half of the 19th century following intense persecution. They […]
Red Kite – 1994
Milvus milvus – BARCUD COCH – Scarce visitor Once a common resident but by Mathew’s (1894) time had become a rare occasional visitor. Lockley et al. (1949) added one record, a bird on the north side of Preseli Top on 17 April 1947. It occurs more frequently now, one or more being seen most years, usually appearing […]
Red Kite – 1980s winter
Milvus milvus – BARCUD COCH – Scarce visitor A single Red Kite was recorded during the BTO winter atlas during the winters of 1981-82, 1982-82 and 1983-84. More about the Red Kite in Pembrokeshire
Red Kite – 1949
Species account from the Birds of Pembrokeshire, 1949, by Lockley, Ingram and Salmon.
Red Kite – 1894
Species account from The 1894 ‘Birds of Pembrokeshire and its Islands’ by Rev M A Mathews
Pembrokeshire Avifauna 