Short-eared Owl.


         Birds on the fields at the south end included 314 Pink-footed Geese, 75 Lapwings, 670 Golden Plovers and 32 Curlews.   Another 24 Pinkfeet and 6 Whooper Swans passed to the south.   On the flashes were 3 more Whooper Swans, 36 Mallard, 60 Teal, 20 Redshanks, 3 Little Egrets, one Grey Heron, 6 Little Grebes and 5 Moorhens.   One Red-throated Diver flew north at sea and on the shore were 420 Dunlin, 81 Oystercatchers, 25 Curlews, 100 Knot, 20 Grey Plovers, 150 Carrion Crows and 220 Brent Geese.   On the marshes were 2 Kestrels, one Sparrowhawk, one Rock Pipit, one Common Snipe and one Short-eared Owl.