So it's the last day of 2013 and the tide is high, the clouds are scudding and the southerly wind is still buffetting the landscape.
With more rain having fallen and even more on the way, it is still very much a wellies and waterproofs reserve for the time being with the end of the Northern Trail still being inundated and likely to get deeper overnight.
The two White=fronted Geese are still on Purfleet and as I type the rain has just started to fall again....
We are closing a little earlier today at 2pm to give the staff and vols a chance to get home and spruced up to see in 2014.
However, I will be here at 0630 tomorrow to see in the New Year with the early birders after their early birds. And yes, I know it will be dark but winter dawn chorus will be under way with Robins competeing with their winter songs and you should be able to hear the duck and waders out on the marsh and river.
The weather is looking a bit ropey but I still expect to be busy so please can any of you that are coming to visit please park carefully so that we can get in as many cars as possible!
Have a good evening and thank you for your support throughout 2013...
And I will leave you with this Blue Tit shot by Neil Hughes with the daring little blighter looking like it is trying to fly away with the whole feeder!
31-12-13