27/10/12 Sharpness sightings from SARA and the picnic area

Migrants have been flooding into the Severn this week as key places along the River has had hundreds of migrants. Today a HAWFINCH at Olbury Power Station was sighted for its second day as well as the WATER PIPIT at Berkeley Power Station sighted at the river named Berkeley Pill.

Sightings at the Picnic area

                                                                 WATER PIPIT

                                                                The redshank

• 2 redshank
• 1 WATER PIPIT which is the first ever sighting here
• 3 great black backed gull
• 30+ Black headed gulls
• 1 chaffinch

SARA Migrant cenral

                                                                            Grey heron

                                          2 great black backed gulls and 8 cormarants

                                                                     Canada geese

                                              Wigeon getting scared by the grey heron

                                                     Grey heron and a female wigeon

                                                   Juv cormarant left with adult right

                                                               2 wigeon

• 15  cormarants feeding and a few flew over
• 1 grey heron was feeding and scaring the wigeon
• Several species of gulls counting up to at least 300- 400.
• 13 chaffinches- Migrants 
• 1 male blackbird
• 4 wood pigeons
• 2 carrion crows
• 1 buzzard which isn't usually sighted here
• 18 canada geese flew through
• 100+ WIGEON- A small autumn influx. Hopefully they'll stay for the winter