A check of the island mid-morning just before the rain arrived found a Short-eared Owl flying around the west side and then moving towards the north end,(below) where it landed in the bracken before finally flying high off to the north east.
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Equally impressive for the observers were a pair of Peregrines calling whilst displaying over the island for some ten minutes (below).
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Counts today included 118 Brent Geese, 120 Turnstones and 2 Purple Sandpipers. An interesting Oystercatcher with a colour ring was at the north, but on this occasion we were unable to read the ring (right).
(AEH, CJ, CJW) photos CJ
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