Thanks Ian for pointing out the best spot to watch. I did go up to
SN640550 as far as where the road was still heavily flooded and looked across
and there was nothing. There was a lot of agricultural activity and noise going
on in the fields left of the little road, so maybe that scared the birds off. I
usually also look in the other direction, going down as far as Glanrhocca as
sometimes there are ducks on the water down there, but did not look yesterday.
As for Pont Llanio - do you watch from the bridge or do you walk down the
footpath towards Ystrad Dewi? Thank you!
Silke Einschuetz