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Lesvos Bird Reports 2017 (1 Viewer)

Images from our recent trip.

All record shots below are imbeded with species,location and date:
Short-toed Eagle (Circaetus gallicus) Tsiknias River Skala Kalloni Lesvos 20/05/17

European bee eaters merops apiaster Lotzaria Lesvos 14/05/17
European roller (Coracias garrulus) Faneromeni Lesvos 17/05/17
Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus Faneromeni Lesvos 03/05/17
Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus) Kalloni Salt Pans Lesvos 11/05/17
 

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27 May 2017 - Eurasian curlew, Kalloni Salt Pans

Late news
A Eurasian Curlew was at Kalloni Salt Pans on 27/05/17
This scarce bird on Lesvos was photographed by local wildife enthusiast
Giorgis Laskaridis, see Lesvos Birdnews on Facebook, for more details.
 
12 June 2017 more Dalmation Pelicans at Kalloni SP

8 Dalmatin Pelicans at Kalloni saltpans earlier today, as reported by a birder staying at Skala Kalloni 12/06/17
 
Serious Earthquake reported Hitting SW of Lesvos 12/06/17

A strong quake in the Aegean Sea has hit the coast of Turkey and the South West of Lesvos, this afternoon.
Many buildings have been damaged at Plomari and Visra and several people injured.
More news here!
 
13 June 2017 - Rosey's at Petra

8 Rose coloured starlings were at Petra yesterday 13/06/17.
No specific location mentioned.
Source - Observado
 
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Feldegg Yellow Wagtail Tsiknias River 02/05/17 - which sub species

See photo.
I had this wagtail down as plain feldegg , however a few people on another forum have it as the flava thunberghi sub species , while another suggests that it may be a hybrid dombrowskii and thunberghi .
Your opinions welcome,
 

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New Hide at Kalloni Salt Pans June 2017

A new hide has been built at the Entrance to Kalloni Salt Pans.
See image, reproduced by kind permission from Petros Tsakmakis .
 

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07/06/16 - Lapwing, Kalloni Salt Pans

Normally a winter visitor, Eleni Galinou reports a Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)
at Kalloni SP on 7th June.
 

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23/06/17 Levant Sparrowhawk - Accipiter brevipes

Reports from Observado.org
Levant Sparrowhawk - Accipiter brevipes :
reported by a Dutch birder on Observado, just off the Northern Eftalou to Skala Sikiminia track.
also of interest yesterday , 24/06/17 :
European Nightjar - Caprimulgus europaeus (relatively common I suppose in summer) churring at Kavaki.
 
27/06/17 Common Pochard - Aythya ferina - Perasma RES

A single eclipse Common Pochard (Aythya ferina) was reported at Perasma/Petra Reservoir on 27/06/17.
Source : Observado
 
Wallcreeper, Kalloni 04/07/17

The entry on Observation.org has been changed to:
Western Rock Nuthatch - Sitta neumayer
Apparently a menu selection/in-put error.
Sorry to have gotten all excited about it.
Originally I posted as follows:
"Mega from yesterday, reported on observation.org, by a Dutch birder:
Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria
In hilly area along the road between Kalloni and Metochi
GPS : 39.232, 26.196
Although such rarities would normally require verification , it's not a bird that you could miss-ID.
It will be interesting to see if the record is accepted.
See here":
https://lesvos.observation.org/waarneming/view/141185346
 
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Adventures of an Eleonora's

Thanks to Eleni Galinou for this post:
The information below is a translation.
The adventures of plagáras
Birds don't know borders. A female person from the island of antikythera has made a great tour around the aegean over the past two months.
From May, when he returned from faraway madagascar where he dhiakhimázi, as today, the (the name of the tallest mountain) has travelled over 2.000 km in the wider Aegean Region. Visited Islands (Samos, ikaria, Mykonos, Andros, evvoia, skyros, lemnos, samothrace, etc.). A), mountains (Dhírfi, tymfristos, rhodope) and areas famous for their birdlife, such as, the evros delta and of Bulgaria.
Today she is in the antikythera and preparing her new excursion.
See here for original post: http://www.lifefalcoeleonorae.gr
 

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Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus) x 2 Kalloni SP 11/07/17

Local enthusiast Giorgis Laskaridis photographed two Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus) in the main canal of Kalloni Salt Pans on 11 July 2017.
Photograph by his kind permission.
 

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Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus) x 2 Kalloni SP 15/07/17

Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus) x 2 Kalloni SP 15/07/17
Same reported as being present at Kalloni Salt Pans, by a Dutch birder this morning 15/07/17.
also
Whiskered Tern - Chlidonias hybrida
Common Greenshank - Tringa nebularia
 
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16/07/17 - Report from visiting British Birder

16/07/17
AM
Kalloni Salt Pans
4 Dalmatian pelican on NE pan by the road
60 BW stilts
50 + B H gulls were new in at Pump house corner
1 Common sandpiper.
1 Teal Tskinias ford

15/07/17
Kalloni Salt Pans
6 Greenshank
4 Green sands
6 Wood sands
3 Ringed plover
1 night heron Tskinias ford
 
17/07/17 - Report from visiting British Birder

17/07/17 Kalloni Salt Pans - visiting birder report
Very humid & at times windy.
Number of mixed of waders in the little dead end canal by the pumping station:
1 common snipe
1 redshank
Tsknias River
1 Little bittern
1 Crake un ID'd
1 female Mallard + 5 young
 
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