Lesvos Bird Reports 2018 (1 Viewer)

Mick Sway · May 9, 2018

Sunday 6 May Continued
Faneromeni Fields
Icterines warbler 2
Wood warbler 5
Lesser white throat
Common whitethroat 3
Woodlark 3
Collared flycatcher 2
Pied flycatcher
Spotted flycatcher 5
Red backed shrike 5
Woodchat shrike
Masked shrike
Peregrine
Lesser kestrel 6

Sigri Sanatorium
Wood warbler 2
Orphean warbler

Meladia Chapel
Wood warbler 12
Icterine warbler
Collared flycatcher 2

Skalochori
By the time we got back it was dark, we picked up
Nightjar
Sitting in the middle of the road

Meladia Fig Grove and Ford
Hen harrier
Short toed eagle 3
Collared flycatcher 2
Spotted flycatcher 11
Little owl

Plus all the usual
Wheatears,buntings and chats

Mick Sway · May 9, 2018

Monday 7 May 2018 Out West Again

Monday 7 May 2018
We revisited the West in the hope that we would get more of the same, driving
The opposite way, Eressos to Sigri, without the same success.
The only sightings of note were:
24 Short toed Eagles, including 12 at Sigri sanatorium.
Eleonoras Falcon 1 Sigri sanatorium
5 common buzzards
1 Long legged buzzard
4 wood warblers Meladia Chapel
1 pied flycatcher Meladia Ford

We revisited Faneromeni Lower Ford on both days to check for great snipe, without success.
However others had apparently seen it .
It was our intention to check out Ipsilou but the weather out of Sigri was dreadful, a thunder storm ensued , with cloud defending over the hills and torrential rain.
When we hit Skalachori or brightened up so we parked up at
Solar Array Track.
16 species of woodland bird found here, including:
Hoopoe
Sparrow hawk
Mistle Thrush

Mick Sway · May 11, 2018

Sorry for being behind with this on account of very poor internet.
Mon 7 May continued

Other sightings
Other reports 07/05/18
Tsiknias River
Spur winged plover

Kalami Marsh
Water rail
Citrine wagtail
Garganey 3
Great snipe

Poly Pans
Montegu's harrier
Golden eagle
Honey buzzard

Kalloni Salt Pns
Red footed falcon 8

Alykes Wetland
Collared pratincole

Mick Sway · May 11, 2018

Tues 8 May 2018 Bush RobinTuesday 08/05/18

Tuesday 08/05/18
Birding slowing down, temperature hovering around 29c
Kalami Marsh and Mesa Pools
Water rail
Temmincks stint
Squacco heron 2
Garganey 2

Kalloni Salt Pans
Short toed Lark
Rufous bush robin 2
White winged tern 10
Re Bush robins
2 guys in a Jimmy pulled up behind us at the racetrack as we were
watching 2 bush robins doing their stuff on the scrub land in the centre.
Anyway as we were having super views from the car,when these two gents
drove around us , parked in front of us and got out of the car.
Dressed in full camouflage gear, they then proceeded to unpack rucksacks
and erect tripods with 600mm lenses , generally making a nuisances of
themselves in respect of the birds, ourselves and another vehicle behind
us , with birders who chose not to break cover.
We left after half an hour, without them getting a shot and the birds now
performing 50m away, probably just about OK for those massive zooms.

cheshirebirder · May 12, 2018

We saw those guys a couple of times in the past 3 days. Coming back from Ipsilou, before you get to Andissa , they were parked on the road with their tripods etc out in the middle of the road photographing a wheatear about 20 feet away across the road, with traffic having to drive round them.
The other time was at Metochi where a Reed warbler was visiting its nest virtually between the legs of one of their tripods , stuck in the reeds.
Talk about oblivious.

Mick Sway · May 14, 2018

12 May Sigri Out West

A bit behind with this on acount of poor internet connections and late returns from days out.
The previous day we did the North Coast track, where we saw very little bird wise, endemics,mating common buzzards, a chucka and Montpelier snake.
We a tremendous day with butterflies though.
ter lunch at Sikiminia , butter flying the rest of the day:
Amanda's blue
Common blue
Long tailed blue
Cleopatra
Swallowtail
Scarce swallowtail
Marbled fritillary
Lesser spotted fritillary
Meadow brown
Ilex hairstreak
Small skipper
Large skipper
Southern white admiral
Nettle tree butterfly
Large tortoiseshell
Small white Large white
Black veined white
Dappled white
Common grayling

Meladia Chapel 12/05/18
A day that started out 15c and cloudy ended 25c, windy, bright and sunny.
However another fine day out West with Mark Cassidy and Adam, notable for a big passage of flycatchers (mainly spotted) , buntings and a few shrikes. No new birds for us but at the Fords at Faneromeni were orioles, masked , woodchat and red backed shrikes , dozens of sand martins and a lonesome little bittern. At the lower ford, there was a night heron spooked by a photographer needlessly trapsing up stream, just as we arrived.Icterine, wood, orphean warblers and a whitethroat were still flitting about at the chapel. Over the day we also found Eleonoras, Goshawk, Peregrine, buzzards, kestrel and several Short toed eagles. Near the chapel at Faneromeni a river warbler kept us entertained while dozens of short tailed blue butterflies hunkered down out of wind.

Mick Sway · May 15, 2018

Ballion's Crake and Terrek Sandpiper

Most of the sightings are currently being posted on What's App
which I'm not a member of. however here a couple of rare ones for
Lesvos.

Sunday 13/05/18 Metochi Lake
Ballion's crake photographed

Monday 14/05/18 Kalloni Salt Pans main channel
Terrek Sandpiper photographed.

Mick Sway · May 15, 2018

15 May 2018 Griffo & Tereks

15/05/18
Ipsilou
Griffon Vulture photograph by Sue Boyd

Kalloni Salt Pans
Terek Sandpiper present throughout the morning

Mick Sway · May 15, 2018

Griffon vulture

Photo Sue Boyd

Mick Sway · May 15, 2018

15/05/18

Dalmatian Pelican Mesa wetland

Mick Sway · May 17, 2018

Nightjar Sigri 13/05/05

Photograph by Sue Boyd

Mick Sway · May 17, 2018

Terek Sandpiper still present on 16/05/18
Viewable from South hide at Kalloni SP

Mick Sway · May 19, 2018

Thursday 17 May 2017 Ipsilou Faneromeni

Thursday 17 May 2017
Ipsilou, Sigri & Faneromeni
While at Ipsilou around 11ish it was cool,cloudy and spotting rain.It later turned into another oppressively hot day for birding.
Just a short note on our visit out West today.
While there seemed a fairly decent passage of red backed shrieks, the only other migrating birds of note were two singing icterines and a single singing golden oriole at Faneromeni.
At Ipsilou and Sigi , single Eleonoras did flybys, the rest of the birds we saw were endemics, including 6 lesser kestrels on wires on the hills above Sigri, 4 little owls in the same area and fleeting views of Hawfinch on 3 occasions near Skalachori. Plenty of shrikes and spot fly about at various locations.
Any one expecting to see anything at the Faneromeni lower Ford will be bitterly disappointed as upstream is bone dry and looks as though it's been levelled for driving.
Thanks to Mark for his driving skills and knowledge and Adam for his keen eyes and both for their sense of humour
It's been a blast!
Thank you guys
😎
Photo Lesser Kestrel Sigri

Mick Sway · May 19, 2018

18 May 2018 Great Spotted Cuckoo

Great spotted cuckoo
Clamator glandarius
Petra Perasma resvoir 18/05/18
Thanks to Linda and Cheshire Birder for the heads up
It turned out to be 2 possibly male and female, one certainly
looked a first year bird.
Present at 12:30 and 16:30 Friday

Mick Sway · May 19, 2018

20 May 2018 Sunday - Rose Coloured Starlings

There have been a number of reports of flocks in on the regular mulberry trees feeding stations at the Tsiknias River and the Lotzaria track, over the past few days.
We checked out the Petra trees over last week and although they were dripping with ripe fruit we dipped. Worth noting that at Petra hundreds of butterflies, mainly large tortoiseshells, were feeding on the windfall fruit which covered the ground underneath.

a couple of reports from am 20/05/18:

Anaxos flock of birds flying over
Skala Kalloni 100+ flying over

Mick Sway · May 20, 2018

Now I'm back home, just catching up with some reports I missed.

17/05/18 Tsiknias River - Osprey fly over
15/05/18 Anaxos Beach - Nightjar fly over x 2

10/05/18
Sikiminias - Levant sparrowhawk
Meladia Valley - Red breasted flycatcher
Kalloni SP Racetrack - Arctic Skua
Kalloni SP Pump House - Spur winged plover
Kalloni SP - Tawny Pipit
Kalami Marsh - Waterrail x 2 with young
Ipsilou - Golden eagle juvenile - photographed and seen by several people
Faneromeni - collared flycatcher x 3

09/05/18
Metochi lake - Little crake
Kalloni SP - Cattle egret x 2
Feneromeni beach - Rufous bush chat
Faneromeni Ford - Night heron
Meladia valley - Tawny pipit
Meladia Valley - collared flycatcher

08/05/18
Kalloni SP - Pallid harrier
Lotzaria - Montegu's Harrier x 2
Faneromeni Lower Ford - great snipe
Faneromeni - River warbler
Meladia Valley - Semi collared flycatcher ( would have to be substantiated with good images no doubt)
Meladia Valley - Wood & icterine warblers, collared flycatcher
Kalloni Salt Pans Racetrack - Rufous bush robin x 2
Kalloni Salt Pans - Red footed falcon x6
Tsiknias Ford - zitting cisticola x 2 ( the only report this Spring)
Ipsilou - Lesser spotted eagle, Eleonora's Falcon
Filia- common cuckoo
Skalachori - Mistle thrush

07/05/18
Polinichtous Salt Pans
Golden eagle, honey buzzard, montegu's harrier

Potamia Valley - Osprey
Kalloni SP - Red footed falcons 8

I should also note that between 22/04 and 16/05/18, as I may have under-reported them,
we found Alpine Swifts at various locations and great reed warblers ever present at
Metochi and Faneromeni through the same dates.

Mick Sway · May 20, 2018

20 May 2018 Great white pelican

Observado Reports today 20/05/18
3 Great White Pelican - Pelecanus onocrotalus,flying over at Alykes today.

Mick Sway · May 21, 2018

Of interest to anyone travelling to Greece this summer:
Tourist Tax 2018

Talk about shooting yourself in the foot ?
A small charge I know but , a bit of a blow if you're not aware of it and you're holidaying with your family.

At the start of 2018 Greece introduced a tourist tax, the first time one had been levied.

You'll be asked to pay the tax when you check in to your accommodation and you can pay it by cash or card.

The cost is €0.50 (44p) per person per day for those in apartments and one to two-star hotels, going up to €1.50 (£1.31) in three-star hotels, €3 (£2.62) in four-star hotels and €4 (£3.49) in five-star hotels.
More info here!

Mick Sway · May 22, 2018

22 May 2018 - More Rosey's

Reports of Rose Coloured Starlings coming in from Mitilini to Molivos,
including a massive movement in the fields surrounding Kalloni Salt Pans where there are several large Mulberry Trees, all of which were full of ripe fruit last week.
Lotzaria Track 500+

Mick Sway · May 23, 2018

22 May 2018 - Baltic Gull Faneromeni

22/05/18 Faneromeni possible Baltic Gull
The gull in the image, digiscoped by Michael Smith at Faneromeni, is said to be Baltic gull Baltic Gull. Larus fuscus fuscus.
Photo with Michael's permission.

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