Whilst travelling to Bettws Newydd I encountered more tree destruction in various fields in and around Gwent/Monmouthshire caused by storm darragh ( dec 7th ) in addition to what I saw in the black mountains ( dec 23rd ) – see Brecknock birds for further reading.
I saw 4 buzzards in different places. 2 robins, blue tit and great spotted woodpecker in Bettws Newydd Priory Wood nature reserve. Above the reserve was a jay and a green woodpecker flying between the trees. At Bettws Newydd lakes there were 2 mallards – male and a female, 4 chaffinches and perched/sat on a fence a superlatively wonderful male bullfinch.
