Ty Rhyg

A leisurely stroll through Ty Rhyg. The kestrel pair very active, couple of buzzards appeared and were moved on. Whitethroats either side of the track. Redstart, siskin and redpoll in the mature conifers. As I was walking up the steep track something had another go at the two buzzards - from the broken view through tree canopy it looked like a goshawk was seeing them off. Dead grass snake on the path (maggoty-remains by the length of blue pipe). Distant Cuckoo calling all the while I was there - tracked it down to the wind-blown hawthorns the otherside of the B4313 and watched from one of the pull-ins. Male kestrel perched on top its nest box near Mynydd Morvil, but a couple of crows giving it no peace and drove it away.