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
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., JOURDAIN. F.C.R.. TICEHURST, N.F., and TUCKER, B.W. 1938-1941. The handbook of British birds. London, Witherby
Branta ruficollis
One Milford Haven, 18 Jan 1935 (B.Birds XXXVIII, 311)
Branta ruficollis – Gŵydd Frongoch – Vagrant
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
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., […]
Species account from the Birds of Pembrokeshire, 1949, by Lockley, Ingram and Salmon.
