Valentines Duck - 14/02/2014

I braved the elements quite literally to take a chance on the Long Tailed Duck still being on the boating lake at the Knapp in Barry, to no avail, and similarly with the Black-throated Divers in Barry docks. There was however, finally a chance meeting with the Scaup at Cosmeston - third time lucky. The weather was really bad by this point and no sooner had I managed a couple of okay record shots the rain absolutely poured down and I had to make a sharp exit back to the car, thoroughly drenched, but happy enough to have finally seen the Scaup, a lifer, and a decent year tick too!