Other News
W/E 18/05/19
Rosy starlings (Pastor roseus)
First came in at Faneromeni on 13/05/19
By the time Mark and I got to Faneromeni on 14 May, there were approximately 200 , flying in parties , back and forth between Mullberry bushes in the fields parallel to the beach.
Red Breasted Flycatcher. 14/05/19
Mark and I were lucky enough to discover 2 at Meladia Chapel .
Looked for again by others on 15/05 and they appeared to have moved on.
Long eared Owls , Skala Kalloni 15/05/19
Someone found a pair openly roosting in pine trees near to the Imirti Hotel.
One appeared to have been blinded in one eye.
Obviously this generated some considerable interest from birders and photographers.
Krupers Nuthatch (Sitta krueperi)
The Kruper's Nuthatch nesting site at Achladei, was finally discovered by someone last week, south of its traditional site, by the forest path stream.
A pair were also found along the track towards the Vouvaris River ford.
Reports from Eleni's Lesvos Bird News
18/05/19 Ipsilou
Griffon vultures 2
19/05/19 Ipsilou
Golden eagle juvenile Aquila chrysaetos
Reports from Lesvos Birders
19/04/19 Kalloni Pool
Great bittern 2
Purple heron 4
Great egret 2
Water rail
22/04/19 Makara
Great spotted cuckoo
23/04/19 Kalloni Bay
Slavonian grebe
Black necked grebe 2
29/04/19 Kalloni Salt Pans main channel
Dunlin
Broad billed sandpiper
03/05/19 Alykes wetland
Montagu's harrier cy2
05/05/19 Kalloni Salt Pans
Spur winged plover
05/05/19 near Napi
Hare - very scarce on Lesvos (2 reports this spring other at Meladia Valley)
06/05/19 Ipsilou
Golden oriole 6
06/05/19 Faneromeni
Spur winged plover 2
07/05/19 Faneromeni
Yelkouan Shearwater - Puffinus yelkouan 200 regular parties flying off shore
Scopoli's Shearwater - Calonectris diomedea small parties of 5-10 flying off shore
08/05/19 Faneromeni Ford (upper)
Citrine wagtail - male
08/05/19 Metochi
Ballion's Crake
08/05/19 Makara
Red footed falcon female
09/05/19 Faneromeni upper fields
Levant sparrowhawk
09/05/19 road near Ipsilou
Garden warbler
Icterine warbler
12/05/19 Metochi Lake
Lesser spotted eagle
12/05/19 Polichnitos
Citrine wagtail female
14/05/19 Alykes wetland
Cattle egret
14/05/19 Mesa
Spoonbill 2
15/05/19 Petra-Kalloni road
Honey buzzard
20/05/19 Alykes Wetland
3 collared pratincole
21/05/19 Alykes Race Track
2 displaying rufous bush robin
21/05/19 Faneromeni
c200 Rosey Starlings
23/04/19 Perasma Reservoir
Common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) 2
07/05/19 Kalloni SP
Night heron 12
16/05/19 Agriosikos
Eleonora's falcon 12
17/05/19 Persama res
Roller
23/05/19 Platania
Lesser grey shrike - very few sightings this spring
23/05/19 Metochi Inland Lake - reminder that all the local vegetation was severely cut back this winter
Little crake - female
24/05/19 Kalloni Salt Pans[/B]
Dalmatian Pelicans 2 (photo Michael Smith)