angusmcoatup
Paul
15/09/22
Returned to Köyceğiz after a trip to Greece.
Gulpinar, dump, Hamitkoy road, riverside wood and riverside.
Lots of flocks of Goldfinch, Greenfinch, Linnets, Chaffinch , several Serins, more Blackbirds evident than usual.
12 Red backed Shrikes around the dump area plus a numerous along Hamitkoy road and field next to river wood. I stopped counting in the 20’s. Very vocal , lots of juveniles. 2 Masked Shrike and 1 Woodchat Shrike,
2 White Throated Kingfishers -very showy & vocal between wood and reedbed trees. Stunning in the morning sunlight.
At least 5 Common Kingfishers - spread apart enough that likely to be separate individuals.
2 Little Stints & a Common Sandpiper - small area of open water amongst marsh on Hamitkoy road.
1 Water Rail visible briefly in Hamitkoy ditch, others heard.
3 Pygmy Cormorants - dropping into reedbeds on the river past Hamitkoy,
1 Purple Heron juvenile - fairly confiding unlike usual experience with PH. On river step pool.
5 Crag Martins, a few Sand Martins around river/ dump/ beach.
A cracking male Marsh Harrier over the Hamitkoy reedbed.
Green, Middle Spotted & Lesser Spotted Woodpecker seen in wooded area following local sewage pipe. Lots of active beehives here and the generally placid Köyceğiz bees seemed a little more aggressive than usual. I got the message after a while but there was a lot of bird activity here that needed a longer period of watching.
Warblers- Lesser Whitethroats -3, Whitethroat -1, Willow Warbler-1 or 2, Chiffchaff - 2, Cettis- loads, Garden Warbler - 1 , Blackcap - 5, Eastern Orphean- several, Reed Warbler - 3,
Ortolan Bunting - 2 on dump though lots of activity here & I was concentrating on the WT Kingfishers mostly.
2 Goldcrests - Walnut tree in next garden.
Notebook left behind so bound to be a few I’ve forgotten
Returned to Köyceğiz after a trip to Greece.
Gulpinar, dump, Hamitkoy road, riverside wood and riverside.
Lots of flocks of Goldfinch, Greenfinch, Linnets, Chaffinch , several Serins, more Blackbirds evident than usual.
12 Red backed Shrikes around the dump area plus a numerous along Hamitkoy road and field next to river wood. I stopped counting in the 20’s. Very vocal , lots of juveniles. 2 Masked Shrike and 1 Woodchat Shrike,
2 White Throated Kingfishers -very showy & vocal between wood and reedbed trees. Stunning in the morning sunlight.
At least 5 Common Kingfishers - spread apart enough that likely to be separate individuals.
2 Little Stints & a Common Sandpiper - small area of open water amongst marsh on Hamitkoy road.
1 Water Rail visible briefly in Hamitkoy ditch, others heard.
3 Pygmy Cormorants - dropping into reedbeds on the river past Hamitkoy,
1 Purple Heron juvenile - fairly confiding unlike usual experience with PH. On river step pool.
5 Crag Martins, a few Sand Martins around river/ dump/ beach.
A cracking male Marsh Harrier over the Hamitkoy reedbed.
Green, Middle Spotted & Lesser Spotted Woodpecker seen in wooded area following local sewage pipe. Lots of active beehives here and the generally placid Köyceğiz bees seemed a little more aggressive than usual. I got the message after a while but there was a lot of bird activity here that needed a longer period of watching.
Warblers- Lesser Whitethroats -3, Whitethroat -1, Willow Warbler-1 or 2, Chiffchaff - 2, Cettis- loads, Garden Warbler - 1 , Blackcap - 5, Eastern Orphean- several, Reed Warbler - 3,
Ortolan Bunting - 2 on dump though lots of activity here & I was concentrating on the WT Kingfishers mostly.
2 Goldcrests - Walnut tree in next garden.
Notebook left behind so bound to be a few I’ve forgotten
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