Hoping for better light I made another visit to Eglwys Nunydd Reservoir, Port Talbot this morning in company with fellow 'togger/birder' Dave Gilbert who met me at my home at 8.15am.
After a cold frosty night we were greeted with bright sunshine and a blue sky upon leaving but our spirits dropped as we neared Port Talbot which was shrouded in fog !!
Upon arriving at the reservoir visibility was limited to about 50m, we immediately bumped into Kevin Hughes and the three of us walked to the opposite end of the reservoir where the bird was located bumping into Martin Bevan and Phil Hill who confirmed that our target bird was still present and showing quite closely.
Security was not an issue as nobody would be able to see us in the murk.
We arrived at the bird and the fog thinned out and started to lift and we had a small window of reasonable light in order to get some photos.
We both obtained some nice images before the murk descended again, it was good to meet Tony Swann who was also visiting and nice to chat also with some visiting birders including a father and son who had travelled from Surrey.
After leaving we called into Aberavon Beach hoping that it to was not fogbound, unfortunately it was so we then called it a day and returned to a bright and sunny Maesteg.
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