Wednesday, 25 February 2026

Jonathan Bennett

Dave passed on the very sad news that Jonathan has passed away. It always brightened your day when you saw Jonathan, he was always enquiring - what was around or how the fishing was going or where was the best place for Black darters. His mobility had suffered in recent years and those days were fewer but I was fortunate to bump into him 3 or 4 times over the autumn around his stomping ground of St Davids, the last time he was leaning against the boatyard gate at Porthclais and we managed to coax out a firecrest. Yet another we've lost.

Jonathan's family have asked if anyone knows who might have taken the original photo, in the hope they might get a better copy. Could it have been Graham Rees.

Jonathan and Byron Davies at the original Britton hide