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<blockquote data-quote="foresttwitcher" data-source="post: 2985167" data-attributes="member: 97625"><p><u>Monday 28th April</u></p><p></p><p>Arrived early at <em>Achladeri Forest</em> to look for my second main target bird but as I had not yet discovered the Lesvos Birding website & there were not yet any other birders on site I did not know where this years nest site was so contented myself with slowly checking out first the car park area & then heading up both tracks in turn through the pines. Mixed in amongst the tits, finches & other expected forest species in the car park were a <strong>Goldcrest</strong> and a <strong>Spotted Flycatcher</strong> around the building plus a <strong>White Wagtail</strong> on the track & another nice Masked Shrike perched on the wires with<strong> Woodlarks</strong> in song flight above the trees. Further up the slope I had better views than I had managed so far of a Jay & a <strong>Short-toed Treecreeper</strong> whilst at the top of the track a <strong>Tree Pipit</strong> plus circling <strong>Common Buzzard</strong>. On the way back downhill an unknown call & slight movement in the canopy alerted me to what turned out to be a constantly moving & difficult to track but nevertheless stunning little <strong><u>Kruper's Nuthatch</u></strong> which I watched on & off for some time.</p><p></p><p>On the drive to <em>Skala Polichnitou</em> I had a <strong>Hoopoe</strong> fly across the road in front of me. Birding the <em>Polichnitos Saltpans</em> from the car gave reasonable views of <strong>Greater Flamingo</strong>, <strong>Avocet</strong>, <strong>Little Ringed</strong> & <strong>Kentish Plovers</strong>, <strong>Little Stint</strong> & <strong>Wood Sandpiper</strong> on the pans, <strong>Little Tern</strong> over, <strong>Stonechat</strong> on the roadside vegetation & a smart <strong>Little Bittern</strong> flushed from the 'ditch' by a tour group getting out of a minibus.</p><p></p><p>On the way back I stopped at the <em>Vouvaris River</em> where I flushed a <strong>Common Sandpiper</strong> from the beach & <em>Mesa</em> where a scan of the pools added <strong>Common Tern</strong>. An evening walk up the track from the car park to <em>Mirsinia</em> looking for woodpeckers was unsuccessful.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="foresttwitcher, post: 2985167, member: 97625"] [U]Monday 28th April[/U] Arrived early at [I]Achladeri Forest[/I] to look for my second main target bird but as I had not yet discovered the Lesvos Birding website & there were not yet any other birders on site I did not know where this years nest site was so contented myself with slowly checking out first the car park area & then heading up both tracks in turn through the pines. Mixed in amongst the tits, finches & other expected forest species in the car park were a [B]Goldcrest[/B] and a [B]Spotted Flycatcher[/B] around the building plus a [B]White Wagtail[/B] on the track & another nice Masked Shrike perched on the wires with[B] Woodlarks[/B] in song flight above the trees. Further up the slope I had better views than I had managed so far of a Jay & a [B]Short-toed Treecreeper[/B] whilst at the top of the track a [B]Tree Pipit[/B] plus circling [B]Common Buzzard[/B]. On the way back downhill an unknown call & slight movement in the canopy alerted me to what turned out to be a constantly moving & difficult to track but nevertheless stunning little [B][U]Kruper's Nuthatch[/U][/B] which I watched on & off for some time. On the drive to [I]Skala Polichnitou[/I] I had a [B]Hoopoe[/B] fly across the road in front of me. Birding the [I]Polichnitos Saltpans[/I] from the car gave reasonable views of [B]Greater Flamingo[/B], [B]Avocet[/B], [B]Little Ringed[/B] & [B]Kentish Plovers[/B], [B]Little Stint[/B] & [B]Wood Sandpiper[/B] on the pans, [B]Little Tern[/B] over, [B]Stonechat[/B] on the roadside vegetation & a smart [B]Little Bittern[/B] flushed from the 'ditch' by a tour group getting out of a minibus. On the way back I stopped at the [I]Vouvaris River[/I] where I flushed a [B]Common Sandpiper[/B] from the beach & [I]Mesa[/I] where a scan of the pools added [B]Common Tern[/B]. An evening walk up the track from the car park to [I]Mirsinia[/I] looking for woodpeckers was unsuccessful. [/QUOTE]
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