Shags

                                                                      Short-eared Owl

                                                                       Sparrowhawk


         A seawatch at the south end just after high tide produced 13 Shags, the highest-ever day total for the area.   Other counts were 25 Cormorants, 5 Red-throated Divers, 2 Great Northern Divers, one Guillemot, 160 Brent Geese, 2 Greylag Geese, 4 Mallard, one Shelduck, one Great Crested Grebe and one Great Skua.   On the shore and beach were 290 Lapwings, 75 Curlews, 5 Redshanks, 4 Sanderlings and 40 Twite, while on the landward side, the best birds were 3 Whooper Swans, one Short-eared Owl, 2 Peregrines, one Sparrowhawk, 2 Mistle Thrushes and one Water Rail.