Why "Brecknockshire"?
Well it isn't of the current ceremonial county of Breconshire and Mike Porter wanted this title.
The County used for wildlife recording purposes is quite a lot larger than the current Powys southern limits allow and is the same as the area designated by Hewett Cottrell Watson in 1852. He had not heard that Glasbury had not long ago been made part of Breconshire - so we still leave that area to the Radnorshire recorders.
In the early part of the 20th century the name Brecknockshire became popular for the area.
Here is the leaflet promoting the book:
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