Holland horror show

I was in Holland last weekend but, apart from a nice selection of shorebirds, including my first Little Stints of the year, there was little sign of migration.  We did briefly get to see a migrant Merlin, however, and enjoyed great views of an immature Goshawk trying to catch a pigeon without success.  In fact, the most successful predator we saw was a Great Black-backed Gull which had somehow caught a Great Crested Grebe and was dragging the struggling bird up onto the mudflats.  Despite managing to break free a few times, the grebe was just too far from water to reach safety and was eventually ripped open for the gull to feast itself on the fresh fish meal contained inside.