Mick Sway
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20 April 2018 Alykes Wetland
20/04/18
More detailed reports by visiting birders on Lesvos Biders FB group:
Report 1
Alykes wetland
Collared pratincole 2
Med gull 6
Pallid harrier 2 (1cy male + 1cy female)
Red throated pipit 25
Golden plover 1
Garganey 10
Glossy Ibis 50
Whiskered Tern 1
Dalmatian pelican 7 (flyovers)
Short toed eagle 8
Tawny pipit 1
Short toed lark 1
great crested grebe 2
Stone curlew 2
Salt pans
temminck's stint 5
Spotted redshank 3
Tsiknias River
Black headed bunting 1
curlew 2
Report 2
Polichnitos Salt Pans:
Red-footed Falcon 7
Marsh Sandpiper 3
Ruff c20
Spotted Redshank
Greenshank 2
Kentish Plover
Little Stint
Achladeri:
Krupers Nuthatch (where the main track splits over the stream).
Short-toed Treecreeper 4
Alpine Swift 2
Black Stork 2
Salt Pans and back fields:
Black-headed Bunting
Red-footed Falcon 5
Black Stork 4
White Stork
Gull-billed Tern 28
Whiskered Tern 5
Little Tern c15
Middle-spotted Woodpecker
Potania River:
Night Heron
Kalloni Salt Pans
A late report that the Black-winged Pratincole was seen again in the morning, opposite the Alykes hide
20/04/18
More detailed reports by visiting birders on Lesvos Biders FB group:
Report 1
Alykes wetland
Collared pratincole 2
Med gull 6
Pallid harrier 2 (1cy male + 1cy female)
Red throated pipit 25
Golden plover 1
Garganey 10
Glossy Ibis 50
Whiskered Tern 1
Dalmatian pelican 7 (flyovers)
Short toed eagle 8
Tawny pipit 1
Short toed lark 1
great crested grebe 2
Stone curlew 2
Salt pans
temminck's stint 5
Spotted redshank 3
Tsiknias River
Black headed bunting 1
curlew 2
Report 2
Polichnitos Salt Pans:
Red-footed Falcon 7
Marsh Sandpiper 3
Ruff c20
Spotted Redshank
Greenshank 2
Kentish Plover
Little Stint
Achladeri:
Krupers Nuthatch (where the main track splits over the stream).
Short-toed Treecreeper 4
Alpine Swift 2
Black Stork 2
Salt Pans and back fields:
Black-headed Bunting
Red-footed Falcon 5
Black Stork 4
White Stork
Gull-billed Tern 28
Whiskered Tern 5
Little Tern c15
Middle-spotted Woodpecker
Potania River:
Night Heron
Kalloni Salt Pans
A late report that the Black-winged Pratincole was seen again in the morning, opposite the Alykes hide
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