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Cinereous bunting Emberiza cineracea, Lesvos 2016
Mick Sway

Cinereous bunting Emberiza cineracea, Lesvos 2016 (Emberiza cineracea)

If you're looking for a European birding destination this spring, you can't do any better than Lesvos.
It hosts several species of endemics, much more difficult to view and photograph, in other parts of Europe.
This bunting with a very limited European range is one of them.
We were however lucky to see this lovely bird singing from a rock on the edge of the return road, from the Ipsilou monastery.
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Habitat
Rocky Mountainside
Location
Ipsilou monastery,Lesvos
Date taken
16/05/16
Scientific name
Emberiza cineracea
Equipment used
Canon EOS7D MkII+Sigma 50-500mm
delia todd
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What a wonderful picture you've got of this bunting Mick He's beautiful, isn't he.

You've done a great job here lad - many thanks for showing him to us. We don't see this species coming in too often.
 
Kits
How lovely is this, Mick! And wonderful to get him singing his heart out, too.
 

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