Hawfinch – 1949

Coccothraustes coccothraustes coccothraustes

Mathew gives definite records of a pair at Lewston (undated), one Llanstinan, spring 1854, and one taken by a Sparrow-hawk, Slebech 13 Sept 1889.

One caught in a rabbit trap, Ramsey, 9 Nov 1896 (H.W.Evans), two shot at Stackpole, 1930 (Bertram Lloyd).

R.M.Lockley, G.C.S.Ingram, H.M.Salmon, 1949, The Birds of Pembrokeshire, The West Wales Field Society

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