Lesvos Bird News 2019/2020 (1 Viewer)

Mick Sway · Apr 9, 2019

09 April 2019 - West is Best

09/04/19
Current images are showing all natural river crossings flooded, following heavy rain.

Paul Manning reports out in West Lesvos today, on Lesvos Birders:

Torrential rain all day, with short breaks between fronts.
A moderate to strong southeasterly.

Faneromeni
Semi-collared Flycatcher 1 fem
Collared Flycatcher 13
Pied Flycatcher 12
Great Reed Warbler 2
Song Thrush 1
Meadow Pipit 22
White Wagtail 50
Eastern Bonelli's Warbler 6
Wood Warbler 3
Sedge Warbler 1
Lesser Whitethroat 80+
Blackcap 50+
Chiffchaff 40+
Common Redstart 1 fem
Common Cuckoo 3
Eurasian Reed Warbler 2
Quail 1 (flushed from roadside)
Little Crake 1
Green Sandpiper 3
Wood Sandpiper 9
Common Sandpiper 3
Common Snipe 1
Greenshank 1
Marsh Harrier 1 fem
Little Egret 12
Kingfisher 1
Little Ringed Plover 1
Ruddy Shelduck 5
Greylag Goose 3 (only 1 previously accepted record)

Sigri inlet
Citrine Wagtail 1 fem
Yellow Wagtail 50+ mixed flock of feldegg, flava, thunbergi (3), superciliaris (3), dombrowski (2)
Spoonbill 1 ad
Sandwich Tern 2
Peregrine 1
Mediterranean Gull 1 sp ad

Sigri – south beach
Whinchat 1

Mick Sway · Apr 11, 2019

10 April 2019 - Doterrel, Savi's, Semi Collared Flycatcher

10/04/19
More reports from Lesvos Bird News
Still raining, but Ray & Sandra Hopkins report a couple of stunning doterrel.
Worth adding that Paul Manning & Steve Dudley's 3 greylags yesterday, was also a terrific record for Lesvos.
10/4/2019
Kalloni Salt Pan
3 Spoonbill
1 King fisher
Lotsaria field
2 Doterrel
21 Glossy Ibis
Lots of Ruff & Blacktailed Godwit
2 Little Owl
2 Curlew
Yellow Wagtails
Marsh Harrier
10+ Bee- eaters
Metochi Lake
12 Purple Heron
8 little Grebe
2 Reed Warbler
Faneromeni
1 Red footed Falcon
2 Redstart
2 Windchat
Flycatchers pied & collard
White throat, wood warblers, etc.

Paul Manning reports again from the West and nice to see
Steve Dudley back on the island again:
10/04/19
Sigri Old Sanatorium

Savi's Warbler 1
Whinchat 2
Northern Wheatear 8
Hobby

Meladia Valley – Old Sanatorium to Chapel

Subalpine Warbler 2
Common Nightingale 9
Marsh Harrier 3
Wood Warbler 4
Pied Flycatcher 1
Common Whitethroat 5
Hoopoe 1
Marsh Sandpiper 2
Sedge Warbler 1
Yelkouan Shearwater 40

Meladia Valley – north of ford

Great Spotted Cuckoo 1 2CY
Semi-collared Flycatcher 3 2m,1f
Grasshopper Warbler 1
Savi's Warbler 1
Blackcap 80
Lesser Whitethroat 20
Collared Flycatcher 1
Pied Flycatcher 1
Common Cuckoo 5
Common Redstart 1 Fem
Wood Warbler 4
Common Nightingale 8
Eurasian Reed Warbler 1
Sedge Warbler 1

Meladia Valley – ford

Collared Flycatcher 2
Pied Flycatcher 3
Eurasian Sparrowhawk 1 Fem
Hoopoe 5
Tree Pipit 26
Whinchat 1
Common Redstart 3 1m, 2f
Green Sandpiper 3
Eurasian Reed Warbler 1
Lesser Kestrel 5
Common Kestrel 1
Common Cuckoo 2
Marsh Harrier 1 male
Night-heron 1
Grey Heron 1

Sigri inlet

Glossy Ibis 18
Grey Heron 10
Squacco Heron 1
Black-tailed Godwit 1
Black-winged Stilt 6
Little Egret 18
Purple Heron 2
Garganey 2 m, f
Green Sandpiper 2
Wood Sandpiper 4
Greater Flamingo 9

Faneromeni beach road

Short-toed Lark 60
Yellow Wagtail 140
Purple Heron 16

Faneromeni upper fields

Common Cuckoo 5
Mallard 2
Pied Flycatcher 2
Collared Flycatcher 2
Whinchat 1
Wood Warbler 2
Common Redstart 1 male
Little Owl 1
Hoopoe 1

Mick Sway · Apr 12, 2019

Rare Dotteral find By Ray and Sandra Hopkins

10/04/19
Kalloni Salt Pans
Rare Dotteral find By Ray and Sandra Hopkins
Camera screen shot images, with Sandra's kind permission.

Mick Sway · Apr 12, 2019

11 April 2019 Out West again

11/04/19
Paul Manning reports from out West
Bright and sunny all day

Sigri inlet

Black-tailed Godwit 1
Common Sandpiper 1
Wood Sandpiper 9
Green Sandpiper 1
Purple Heron 1
Grey Heron 3
Ruddy Shelduck 1
Squacco Heron 1
Yellow Wagtail superciliaris 3
Yellow Wagtail 20
Savi's Warbler 1

Faneromeni beach road

Short-toed Lark 38
Whinchat 6
Northern Wheatear 4
Bee-eater 19
Hoopoe 3
Spanish Sparrow 260
Little Ringed Plover 2
Great Reed Warbler 3
Ruddy Shelduck 8
Olivaceous Warbler 1
Eurasian Reed Warbler 1
Turtle Dove 8
Glossy Ibis 26
Alpine Swift 1
Marsh Harrier 2
Lesser Kestrel 2
Savi's Warbler 1
Yellow Wagtail 45
Common Starling 2

Faneromeni lower and upper fields

Semi-collared Flycatcher 1 fem
Pied Flycatcher 4
Collared Flycatcher 3
Common Redstart 3
Song Thrush 1
Chiffchaff 1
Common Cuckoo 2
Wood Warbler 20
Eastern Bonelli's Warbler 3
Common Nightingale 2
Turtle Dove 2
Hoopoe 6

Meladia Valley

Common Redstart 5
Pied Flycatcher 2
Collared Flycatcher 9
Common Cuckoo 3
Wood Warbler 3
Yellow Wagtail 120
Olivaceous Warbler 1
White Stork 3
Short-toed Eagle 3
Long-legged Buzzard 2
Common Buzzard 1

Mick Sway · Apr 12, 2019

12 April 2019 - The Deluge

12/04/19
Kalloni Area

Metochi Inland Lake
Truly a lake today, it's flooded over the surrounding track - see photo
Achladeri
Krupers nuthatches apparently nesting in the same tree as past 2 years
Tsiknias ford
30 purple herons in a flock going south
Christou River
Beautiful adult male pallid harrier late over Christou flood plane
Potamia
masked shrikes on territory
Brief report and photo by permission of Kevin Hazelgrove

Mick Sway · Apr 13, 2019

12 April 2019 - The Deluge Continues

12/04/19
Paul Manning reports from out West
Sigri/Faneromeni/Meladia Valley
Paul reports that the area was subject to yet another heavy rainstorm today.
Apparently the Meladia Ford was running half a meter deep, flooding the
road and surrounding area. He added that a return to the Faneromeni area, during the late afternoon produced a gob smacking mix of different species of migrating birds , in terms of sheer numbers.
He describes how flocks of hirundine and wagtails, dropped in on the flooded areas, joined by a spur winged plover and 19 European bee-eaters.
2 separate flocks of lesser kestrel were seen at different locations and evidently it was harrier city, with a count of 29 Marsh and 2 singles each of Monte's and Pallid, in fact he noted that Marsh harriers were everywhere, unable to gain height due to the prevailing weather.

12/04/19
Sigri & Faneromeni - morning

Great Spotted Cuckoo 2CY
Golden Oriole 1
Short-toed Lark 11
Common Redstart 1
Collated Flycatcher 1
Pied Flycatcher 3
Whinchat 6
Sardinian Warbler 1
Wood Warbler 4
Orphean Warbler 3
Chiffchaff 3
Lesser Whitethroat 8
Blackcap 4
Common Whitethoat 1
Woodchat 6
Hen Harrier 2CY male
Mallard 3
Ruddy Shelduck 5
Little Ringed Plover 1
Black-tailed Godwit 1
Squacco Heron 1
Glossy Ibis 6
Little Egret 9

Sigri & Faneromeni - afternoon

Pallid Harrier 3CY(?) male
Montagu’s Harrier 11 male, 4 fem
Marsh Harrier 29+
Lesser Kestrel 55 (flocks of 33 and 22)
Spur-winged Plover 1 (nr Sigri inlet)
Common Cuckoo 3
Bee-eater 19
Red-throated Pipit 1
Yellow Wagtail 200+
Sand Martin 160+
Barn Swallow 700+
Spanish Sparrow 280+
Wood Sandpiper 31
Little Egret 15

Mick Sway · Apr 13, 2019

13 April 2019 - West / East

Paul Manning reports from both migration centres.

13th April - overcast with light rain in the evening.

OUT WEST
Sigri inlet

Spur-winged Plover 1
Black-tailed Godwit 1
Wood Sandpiper 7
Common Redshank 1
Grey Heron 12
Ruddy Shelduck 1
Glossy Ibis 6
Savi's Warbler 1

Faneromeni area

Golden Oriole 4
Whinchat 24
Hoopoe 8
Spanish Sparrow 120
Great Reed Warbler 1
Eurasian Reed Warbler 1
Turtle Dove 3
Common Redstart 7
Bonelli’s Warbler 2
Wood Warbler 29
Chiffchaff 5
Semi-collared Flycatcher fem
Pied Flycatcher 10
Collared Flycatcher 9
Common Whitethroat 5
Lesser Whitethroat 15
Tree Pipit 3
Common Nightingale 4
Subalpine Warbler 3

Meladia Valley

Golden Oriole 5
Wood Warbler 1
Collared Flycatcher 4
Pied Flycatcher 1
Spotted Flycatcher 1
Tree Pipit 1
White Stork 4

OUT EAST
Lotzaria

Quail fem (flushed from track)
Gull-billed Tern 5
Marsh Sandpiper 3
Purple Heron 1
Great Egret 1
Montagu’s Harrier 4 - 2 ad males, 2CY male, fem

Alykes Wetlands

Short-toed Lark 88
Glossy Ibis 27
Garganey 15
Avocet 2
Curlew 1
Greenshank 1
Yellow Wagtail 280
Black-necked Grebe 1
Great Crested Grebe 2

Mick Sway · Apr 14, 2019

13 April 2019 -Eagles sp x 2 Vouvari

13/04/19
Vouvari
See camera screen shots.
Local conservationist S Zannetos photographed a large eagle sp
at Vouvari. The two birds in the air together,were unfortunately set
against a leaden sky.
Speculation is that they may be eastern imperial eagle (Aquila heliaca) or
Golden Eagle (Aquila Chrysaetos), others better informed than I are
opting for short toed, which are a breeding species on Lesvos.
For me the neck, tail and wingspan make the latter unlikely.
If better images or a definitive ID arise, I will update.
More updates on:
Lesvos Bird News
Lesvos Birders.

foresttwitcher · Apr 14, 2019

Mick, I hope you don't mind but I put a link to this photo on the ID thread and this and the replies are at: https://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?p=3838624#post3838624

Mick Sway · Apr 15, 2019

Lesvos raptors

foresttwitcher said:
Mick, I hope you don't mind but I put a link to this photo on the ID thread and this and the replies are at: https://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?p=3838624#post3838624

Thanks for that.
The consensus appears to be Circaetus gallicus.
If more images are made available, I will of course post them
if the owner will let me.

Mick Sway · Apr 16, 2019

15 April 2019 - Slavonian Grebe , Kalloni Bay

15/04/19
A day when hailstorms hit a number of locations

A brief report by Paul Manning:
Potamia mini reservoir (afternoon)

Pygmy Cormorant 1
Osprey 1
Little Crake 1 fem

Offshore Alykes race track

Black Grebe 5
Slavonian Grebe 1
Great Crested Grebe 4

Lotzaria (evening)

Hen Harrier ad fem
Marsh Harriers 2
Great Egret 1

Alykes Wetlands (evening)

Wigeon 3
Shoveler 1
Black Stork 1

Skala Kallonis Pool

Glossy Ibis 9 in at dusk

Slavonian Grebe observation
15/04/19
Kalloni Bay
Slavonian/Horned Grebe - Podiceps auritus
Seen by Jan van Wensveen and Killian Mullarney and Paul Manning

Mick Sway · Apr 17, 2019

16 April 2019 - Kalloni Pool - Great Bittern x 2

16/04/19
Kalloni Pool
Ray and Sandra Hopkins report from Skala Kalloni

Great bittern x 2
Little bittern x 4
Purple heron x 2
Squacco heron x 4
Glossy Ibis
Great white egret

Tsiknias River
Jan van Wensveen reports on Observado:
pygmy comorant x 1

Mick Sway · Apr 17, 2019

17 April 2019 - Barred Warbler

Updated 18:05 UK
This guy's a lucky fellow:
Observado sightings today :
17/04/19
Barred Warbler - Sylvia nisoria
Reported at:
GPS 39.201, 26.185
between Christou River and Kalloni Village resort

Cattle Egret - Bubulcus ibis
Reported at:
GPS 39.211, 26.197
at the corner of the road into Skala and the
Christou River bridge

Eurasian Magpie - Pica pica
Reported at :
GPS 39.212, 26.191
Roughly; corner of second turning on the left
past the Christou bridge as you head for Metochi

as recorded on Observado..

Mick Sway · Apr 18, 2019

18 April 2019 Observado

A few unusual sightings recorded on Observado today.
18/04/19 Observado

Balearic Shearwater - Puffinus mauretanicus, North Coastal Road ,near Eftalou
Western Osprey - Pandion haliaetus, Skala Kalloni Salt Pans
Booted Eagle - Hieraaetus pennatus, road above Limonas Monastery
Meadow Pipit - Anthus pratensis , Arisvi upper Tsiknias River
Western Barn Owl - Tyto alba, Skala Kalloni Village
Montagu's Harrier - Circus pygargus, Kalloni Salt Pans

Same observer as yesterday.

Note: the sighting of Crested tit (Lophophanes cristatus) at the roadside adjacent Aegean Hotel, Skala Kalloni
appears to have been dropped, following my query. This would probably have been a first for Lesvos.

Mick Sway · Apr 19, 2019

18 April 2019 - Report from out West

Ray & Sandra Hopkins report :
Thursday 18th April 2019
Petrified Forest Road
2 Short-toed Eagle
1 male Montague Harrier
4 Chuckar

Road to Sigri.
1 Tawny Pippit
1 Little Owl

Maladia Valley
1 Marsh Harrier
1 pied Flycatcher

Maladia Ford
2 Pied Flycatchers
1 Great Bittern
2 Woodchat Shrike
Swallows Swifts & Sand Martins ( many)
1 male Cuckoo
1 female Cuckoo Both birds being chased by Crested Lark
4 Cretzschmar’s Bunting
1 Barred Warbler (south of ford)

Mick Sway · Apr 19, 2019

18 April 2019
Still chilly, cool breeze
As reported by Howard Vaughn

Papiana
Scops owl

Kalloni Salt Pans East Corner
Shoveler 4
Wigeon 3
Gadawall 1
Gull-billed tern 11

Mesa
Ruddy Shelducks 6

Achladeri Bridge area
Nightingale
Eastern Subalpine Warbler
Olivaceous Warbler
Common Swifts
Short-toed Treecreeper

Achladeri Forest
Kruper's Nuthatche - still appear to be in mating behaviour
Short-toed Treecreepers feeding fledged young
Serin
Chaffinches
Tree Pipit
Black-eared Wheatears -pair on nest

Skala Vasilikon
Common Sandpipers

Kalloni Raptor Watchpoint a
Cirl and Cretzschmar's Buntings
Eastern Subalpine warbler
Orphean Warbler
Sardinian Warbler
Rock Nutchatch
Goshawk - female
Common Buzzard

Soumaria Mini Soccer Pitch - no sign of any scops

Metochi
Little crake - 2 female + 1 male
Purple heron 1
Reminder that this area was devastated by over zealous council contractors

Metochi area surounds
Woodchat shrike 2
Masked shrike
Wood warbler
Sombre tit
Black cap
Common whitethroat
Hoopoe
Marsh harrier
Hen harrier

Tsiknias River Mouth
Slender-billed Gulls 6
Gull-billed Terns 2
Sandwich Terns 6
Stone Curlew
Great Reed Warbler

Kallonis Pool.
Little Crake
Spoonbill
Common Starlings 4

Mick Sway · Apr 19, 2019

19 April 2019 - Grey plover / Great bittern

19/04/19
As reported on Observado

Skala Kalloni Pool
Eurasian Bittern - Botaurus stellaris a single

Tsiknias river mouth
Grey Plover - Pluvialis squatarola - 7 present this am

Agriosikos Filia Track
Eastern Bonelli's Warbler - Phylloscopus orientalis 1 singing

Ipsilou
Willow Warbler - Phylloscopus trochilus - 1 singing

Note
I have not included the record of Rock Partridge at the Petrified Forest as
this is most likely an error.

Mick Sway · Apr 19, 2019

19 April 2019
Strengthening cold north wind.
Howard Vaughan reports from out West today:

Parakilia pools
Squacco
Black-winged Stilts 34
Marsh Harrier.

Agh. Ioannis chapel
Willow Warbler
Common Cuckoo
Somber Tit

Agra and beyond
Collared Flycatcher
Blackcap
Subalpine warbler
Orphean warbler
Cinereous and Cretzschmar's Buntings
Chiffchaff.
Eastern Bonelli's and Wood Warbler

Tavari area
Turtle Dove
Yelkouan Shearwaters
Scopoli's shearwater
Garganey 9
Citrine wagtail - female at river mouth
Lesser Whitethroat
Willow Warbler
Blackcap
Common Whitethroat
Reed Warbler
Pied Flycatcher
Alpine Swift
Cretzschmar's bunting

Skala Eresou
Red-rumped Swallow
Collared Fly

Sigri/Eressos
Blue Rock Thrushes 4
Isabeline Wheatear

Lardia Valley
Crag Martins
Long-legged Buzzard

Kalloni Saltpans
Ruff 11
Fava Wagtails

Kallonis Pool
Glossy Ibis 11
Little Bittern
Great Bittern
Great White egret
Purple heron

Note
For those driving out in Lesvos, there is apparently a new by pass around Vatousa

Mick Sway · Apr 20, 2019

20 April 2019 - Slavonian Grebe , Kalloni Bay

20/04/19
A few interesting sightings from
Observado 20/04/19 am
Alykes/Gulf of Kalloni,
viewed from shoreline of inlet, south of Race Track :

Horned/Slavonian Grebe - Podiceps auritus 1
Black-necked Grebe - Podiceps nigricollis 2

Kalloni Pool
Eurasian Bittern - Botaurus stellaris

Kalloni Salt Pans main channel
Temminck's Stint - Calidris temminckii
Montagu's Harrier - Circus pygargus 2
Gull-billed Tern - Gelochelidon nilotica 54
Whiskered Tern - Chlidonias hybrida (Pallas, 1811)1

ychri · Apr 21, 2019

Krüper's nuthatch

Hello to all!
We'll be staying at Lesvos (Kalloni) until friday and up to now we were not lucky to find one of the nuthatches. Does anybody know a good place to spot them?
Happy easter, by the way!
Yvonne and company

Edit: after two days searching and complaining we found a pair (probably) in Achladeri Forest

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