10 Ringed Plover, 3 Sanderling & 3 Turnstone were on the beach around high tide. Offshore still tedious with 290 Cormorants heading out plus south bound 4 Shelduck & 2 Red-throated Diver and north bound 3 Red-throated Diver. A Sparrowhawk flew south over the river heading for Dovercourt which could be either migrating or just crossing to Essex for breakfast. 3 Little Owls obvious this morning which partly explains all the noise they have been making over the last month - either this years youngster is proving difficult to evict or junior plans on overthrowing one of it's parents.