Happy New Year to everyone!
Southend Pier – Jan 1st
After a traditional brekkie at Westcliffe, it was out to the end of the pier briefly to catch up with the ever-present wintering Mediterranean Gulls, not great light but still enjoyable messing around with the camera settings.
Around 20 Meds present, a single Grey Seal, and large numbers of Great Crested Grebes further out, couldn’t locate any Divers.
Beckton – Jan 2nd
The first visit of the year took place on Jan 2nd, and I clocked up 55 species to kick the year list off on the Sewage Works.
Notables were Black Redstart again ,2 Green Sandpiper, the ever-reliable pair of Common Buzzards, Rock Pipit and Fieldfare.
It was high tide on the river so not many waders other than Redshank at roost, Common Sandpiper also.
Not a bad start, as usual a lot of commoner species missed.
Have started yet another diet after recording my heaviest weight to date 14 stone 13 pounds so it has got to go. It is hard as I enjoy my food (you can tell this by looking at me) and I like an occasional beer, especially when watching Rugby, so trying to do everything in moderation now.
Basically on my part, a lot of it boils down to cutting down the in between snacks and meal sizes and of course more exercise.
I have cut a lot out this week and undertook a number of walks, the bikes coming out, so we will see what the weigh in on Sunday brings, the first goal will be to drop down below 14 stone.
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