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Lesvos Bird News 2022 (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter Mick Sway
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Mick Sway
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03 April 2022 Kalloni Salt Pans
Purple heron (Ardea purpurea) Reported by a local wild life enthusiast (Lesvos Bird News Facebook Group)
Migration News from Lesbos Observation (observado.org)
Highlights as reported by a Dutch birder.
04 April 2022 - a couple of nice "firsts" for the season
Eurasian bittern (Botaurus stellaris), Christou River GPS 39.207, 26.192
Little crake (Zapornia parva) - Christou River - photos on the web site GPS 39.209, 26.194
also
Scops owl (Otus scops) Skala Kalloni
GPS 39.211, 26.206
Winchat and common whitethroat also reported at the Tsiknias River.
The Western Cattle egret moved yesterday, to West bank of Tsiknias River mouth.
05 April 2022
Wood warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix) - Metochi Area
05 April 2022 (From Lesvos Birders Facebook group)
A local ex-pat resident at Eressos , reported the first nightingale of the season on his property.
Purple heron (Ardea purpurea) Reported by a local wild life enthusiast (Lesvos Bird News Facebook Group)
Migration News from Lesbos Observation (observado.org)
Highlights as reported by a Dutch birder.
04 April 2022 - a couple of nice "firsts" for the season
Eurasian bittern (Botaurus stellaris), Christou River GPS 39.207, 26.192
Little crake (Zapornia parva) - Christou River - photos on the web site GPS 39.209, 26.194
also
Scops owl (Otus scops) Skala Kalloni
GPS 39.211, 26.206
Winchat and common whitethroat also reported at the Tsiknias River.
The Western Cattle egret moved yesterday, to West bank of Tsiknias River mouth.
05 April 2022
Wood warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix) - Metochi Area
05 April 2022 (From Lesvos Birders Facebook group)
A local ex-pat resident at Eressos , reported the first nightingale of the season on his property.
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Mick Sway
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06 April 2022
West Lesvos
cinereous bunting (Emberiza cineracea), a season first,reported today.
List of Birds reported on Observado Today
General area of the Tsiknias River , Alykes, Kalloni Salt Pans
West Lesvos
cinereous bunting (Emberiza cineracea), a season first,reported today.
List of Birds reported on Observado Today
General area of the Tsiknias River , Alykes, Kalloni Salt Pans
| Western Cattle Egret - Bubulcus ibis | 2022-04-06 |
| Common Greenshank - Tringa nebularia | 2022-04-06 |
| Wood Sandpiper - Tringa glareola | 2022-04-06 |
| Northern Wheatear - Oenanthe oenanthe | 2022-04-06 |
| Whinchat - Saxicola rubetra | 2022-04-06 |
| Crested Lark - Galerida cristata | 2022-04-06 |
| Tawny Pipit - Anthus campestris | 2022-04-06 |
| Northern Raven - Corvus corax | 2022-04-06 |
| Red-throated Pipit - Anthus cervinus | 2022-04-06 |
| Ruddy Shelduck - Tadorna ferruginea | 2022-04-06 |
| Eurasian Spoonbill - Platalea leucorodia x 7 | 2022-04-06 |
| Pied Avocet - Recurvirostra avosetta x 50 | 2022-04-06 |
| Glossy Ibis - Plegadis falcinellus x 3 | 2022-04-06 |
| Greater Flamingo - Phoenicopterus roseus | 2022-04-06 |
| Common Sandpiper - Actitis hypoleucos | 2022-04-06 |
| Little Owl - Athene noctua | 2022-04-06 |
| White Stork - Ciconia ciconia | 2022-04-06 |
| Common Shelduck - Tadorna tadorna | 2022-04-06 |
| Northern Shoveler - Spatula clypeata x 30 | 2022-04-06 |
| Eurasian Reed Warbler - Acrocephalus scirpaceus | 2022-04-06 |
| Common Whitethroat - Curruca communis | 2022-04-06 |
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Mick Sway
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Note
RE : 04 April 2022 's report of a Little Crake
Having examined the three images of the little crake, one turns out to be a :
spotted crake (Porzana porzana) - Christou River - photos on the web site GPS 39.209, 26.194
RE: 6 April Common Reed Warbler
Checking the images this is a great reed warbler.
7th April 2022
Mesa Wetland
Visiting UK photographer drove straight to Mesa Wetland from the airport and found a
spur winged plover
Image with his permission.
Conditions weren't great.
List of Birds reported on Observado today by visiting Dutch birder
General area of the Tsiknias River , Alykes, Kalloni Salt Pans
* originally reported as Gull-billed Tern - Gelochelidon nilotica , I have checked the images , these are sandwich terns
RE : 04 April 2022 's report of a Little Crake
Having examined the three images of the little crake, one turns out to be a :
spotted crake (Porzana porzana) - Christou River - photos on the web site GPS 39.209, 26.194
RE: 6 April Common Reed Warbler
Checking the images this is a great reed warbler.
7th April 2022
Mesa Wetland
Visiting UK photographer drove straight to Mesa Wetland from the airport and found a
spur winged plover
Image with his permission.
Conditions weren't great.
List of Birds reported on Observado today by visiting Dutch birder
General area of the Tsiknias River , Alykes, Kalloni Salt Pans
* originally reported as Gull-billed Tern - Gelochelidon nilotica , I have checked the images , these are sandwich terns
| Western Cattle Egret - Bubulcus ibis | 2022-04-07 |
| Red-breasted Merganser - Mergus serrator x 4 ( Gulf of Kalloni) | 2022-04-07 |
| Eastern Subalpine Warbler - Curruca cantillans | 2022-04-07 |
| Little Ringed Plover - Charadrius dubius | 2022-04-07 |
| Eurasian Hoopoe - Upupa epops | 2022-04-07 |
| Wood Sandpiper - Tringa glareola | 2022-04-07 |
| Little Owl - Athene noctua | 2022-04-07 |
| Common Nightingale - Luscinia megarhynchos | 2022-04-07 |
| Greater Flamingo - Phoenicopterus roseus | 2022-04-07 |
| * Sandwich tern Thalasseus sandvicensis x 5 | 2022-04-07 |
| Yelkouan Shearwater - Puffinus yelkouan x 10000 | 2022-04-07 |
| Eurasian Blackcap - Sylvia atricapilla | 2022-04-07 |
| Western Marsh Harrier - Circus aeruginosus | 2022-04-07 |
| Great Crested Grebe - Podiceps cristatus x 2 | 2022-04-07 |
Mick Sway
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Todays highlights , following a Lesvos Birders Facebook Group report by ace photographer Kevin Hazelgrove:
08th April 2022
BIRD HIGHLIGHTS
Madaros:
Hoopoe
Cretzschmar's bunting
Short-toed eagle
Subalpine warbler m & f
Lesser whitethroat
Common whitethroat
Blackcap m & f
Black-eared wheatear
Cirl bunting
Ruddy shelduck
Kalloni salt pans and Alykes wetland:
Tawny pipit
Hoopoe
Marsh harrier
Great crested grebes
Mesa:
Spur-winged plover
Mega-herd of yelkouan shearwaters
Achlederi forest:
Kruper's nuthatch x 3
Serin
Black-eared wheatear
Alikoudi pool:
Black-winged stilts
Avocet
Kentish plover
Hoopoe x 2
Polichnitos salt pans:
Black-tailed godwit
Redshank
Great white egret
Greater flamingo
Yellow wagtails pot pouret
House martin
Skala Vasilikon
Gargany x 3
Common sandpiper (as ever!)
Red-rumped swallows nest building
Madaros (Brooks book, "the Dead Goat Pit track") cc K Hazelgrove 08/04/22
08th April 2022
BIRD HIGHLIGHTS
Madaros:
Hoopoe
Cretzschmar's bunting
Short-toed eagle
Subalpine warbler m & f
Lesser whitethroat
Common whitethroat
Blackcap m & f
Black-eared wheatear
Cirl bunting
Ruddy shelduck
Kalloni salt pans and Alykes wetland:
Tawny pipit
Hoopoe
Marsh harrier
Great crested grebes
Mesa:
Spur-winged plover
Mega-herd of yelkouan shearwaters
Achlederi forest:
Kruper's nuthatch x 3
Serin
Black-eared wheatear
Alikoudi pool:
Black-winged stilts
Avocet
Kentish plover
Hoopoe x 2
Polichnitos salt pans:
Black-tailed godwit
Redshank
Great white egret
Greater flamingo
Yellow wagtails pot pouret
House martin
Skala Vasilikon
Gargany x 3
Common sandpiper (as ever!)
Red-rumped swallows nest building
Madaros (Brooks book, "the Dead Goat Pit track") cc K Hazelgrove 08/04/22
Mick Sway
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08th April 2022
BIRD HIGHLIGHTS FROM LESVOS BIRDNEWS FACEBOOK GROUP
Two more spring firsts
08th April 2022
BIRD HIGHLIGHTS
Kalloni Salt Pans
Squacco Heron and Kentish Plover images by Mirsini Kladogeni.
BIRD HIGHLIGHTS FROM LESVOS BIRDNEWS FACEBOOK GROUP
Two more spring firsts
08th April 2022
BIRD HIGHLIGHTS
Kalloni Salt Pans
Squacco Heron and Kentish Plover images by Mirsini Kladogeni.
Mick Sway
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Highlights , following a Lesvos Birders Facebook Group report by ace photographer Kevin Hazelgrove:
Kevin reported a few changes , in terms of access by road, which may be of interest if you're thinking of visiting.
RE : Vigla ( the junction, after Antissa, where you go left for Eressos or right for Ipsilou/Sigri)
There are currently roadworks at Antissa with no clear directions through and a new roundabout installed at Vigla .
Faneromeni
Vegetation has been cleared from the upper ford, plenty of water but few birds at present.
Road works, for want of a better word , has closed off some "back field" tracks.
Meladia Valley track
While the track itself is in great condition according to Kevin, the Meladia Ford has been cleared
of much of it's migrant holding vegetation.
Dafia to Sigri Road
Much of the road from just past Dafia all the way to Sigri is under widening reconstruction and cones, ramps and barriers
09th April 2022
Faneromeni area:
Male pallid harrier
Wryneck
Quite a few woodchat shrikes
7 hoopoes
Lesser whitethroats
Blackcaps
Common redstarts M & F
Many subalpine warblers
Spanish sparrows
Red-rumped swallows nesting in beach church
2 alpine swifts at river mouth
3 little ringed plovers
2 tree pipits
Meladia Valley:
3 Crag martin
Little owl
2 lesser kestrels
Long-legged buzzard
Black stork up high
Woodlark
Mt Ordimnos
Isabelline wheatear
Black-eared wheatear
Northern wheatear
Whinchat
Meladia Valley Ford - cc Kevin Hazelgrove
Kevin reported a few changes , in terms of access by road, which may be of interest if you're thinking of visiting.
RE : Vigla ( the junction, after Antissa, where you go left for Eressos or right for Ipsilou/Sigri)
There are currently roadworks at Antissa with no clear directions through and a new roundabout installed at Vigla .
Faneromeni
Vegetation has been cleared from the upper ford, plenty of water but few birds at present.
Road works, for want of a better word , has closed off some "back field" tracks.
Meladia Valley track
While the track itself is in great condition according to Kevin, the Meladia Ford has been cleared
of much of it's migrant holding vegetation.
Dafia to Sigri Road
Much of the road from just past Dafia all the way to Sigri is under widening reconstruction and cones, ramps and barriers
09th April 2022
Faneromeni area:
Male pallid harrier
Wryneck
Quite a few woodchat shrikes
7 hoopoes
Lesser whitethroats
Blackcaps
Common redstarts M & F
Many subalpine warblers
Spanish sparrows
Red-rumped swallows nesting in beach church
2 alpine swifts at river mouth
3 little ringed plovers
2 tree pipits
Meladia Valley:
3 Crag martin
Little owl
2 lesser kestrels
Long-legged buzzard
Black stork up high
Woodlark
Mt Ordimnos
Isabelline wheatear
Black-eared wheatear
Northern wheatear
Whinchat
Meladia Valley Ford - cc Kevin Hazelgrove
Mick Sway
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Highlights , reported from the Lesvos Birders Facebook Whats Ap Group:
10 April 2022
Potamia Valley,
3 Ruddy Shelduck,
Long-legged Buzzard,
Common (Island type) Buzzard 2
Peregrine,
Woodchat Shrike, 4
Orphean Warbler 3
Lesser Whitethroat
Middle Spotted Woodpecker
Cirl Buntings and Corn Buntings
Tsiknias River
Black Stork
White Stork
Purple Heron 2
Marsh Harrier
Green Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper 5
Ruff,
Great Snipe,
Black-Headed 4
Yellow Wagtail
Citrine Wagtail male
Great Reed Warbler,
Sedge warbler
Reed Warbler
Chiffchaff, m
hirundines : Barn Swallow, Red-rumpled Swallow, House Martin, Sand Martin
Achladeri
Male Pied Flycatcher, male Krupers Nuthatch calling and active in trees
Kalami Marsh
Garganey 11
10 April 2022
Potamia Valley,
3 Ruddy Shelduck,
Long-legged Buzzard,
Common (Island type) Buzzard 2
Peregrine,
Woodchat Shrike, 4
Orphean Warbler 3
Lesser Whitethroat
Middle Spotted Woodpecker
Cirl Buntings and Corn Buntings
Tsiknias River
Black Stork
White Stork
Purple Heron 2
Marsh Harrier
Green Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper 5
Ruff,
Great Snipe,
Black-Headed 4
Yellow Wagtail
Citrine Wagtail male
Great Reed Warbler,
Sedge warbler
Reed Warbler
Chiffchaff, m
hirundines : Barn Swallow, Red-rumpled Swallow, House Martin, Sand Martin
Achladeri
Male Pied Flycatcher, male Krupers Nuthatch calling and active in trees
Kalami Marsh
Garganey 11
Mick Sway
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11 April 2022 - Report from Kevin Hazelgrove
Meladia Valley:
Little owls
Lesser kestrel x 8
Pied flycatcher M
Collared flycatcher F
Tawny pipit
Long legged buzzard (dropping onto a snake)
Faneromeni:
Collared flycatcher M x 2
Common redstart F
Ortolan bunting F
Woodchat shrike x 2
Tsiknias River
Common tern
Spanish sparrows
Salt pans/Alykes wetland
Tawny pipit
Ruff x 20
Greater flamingo
Kalami marsh/Mesa
Gargany x 17
Citrine wagtail
White wagtail
Common snipe
Little ringed plover
Ruff
Marsh sandpiper X 4
Common sandpiper
Wood sandpiper
Sand martins x 20 and
many greater flamingo which are seemingly everywhere this time around
12 April 2022
Some bird news from the Lesvos Birders What's App Group:
Potamia Valley
2 Collared Flycatchers
3 Masked Shrike
Middle Spotted Woodpecker
Tsiknias River
Walk from lower ford to main road bridge
Garganey 2
Squacco Heron, 2
Grey Heron
Little Egret 4
Long-legged Buzzard
Ruff 17
Wood Sandpiper 12
Little Ringed Plover 6
Warblers in the reeds Reed, Great Reed, Sedge, Blackcap, Lesser Whitethroat Cetti’s, Nightingale 4
Yellow Wagtail numbers difficult to count includingThunbergi and 1 Xanthophrys.
Mixed flock of hirundines and 4 Common Swift, Long-legged Buzzard.
Kalami Marsh
Pair Ruddy Shelduck,
Garganey 11
Alpine swift 2
Northern shoveler , several
Steppe Buzzard - first seen on 11 April at this site
Meladia Valley:
Little owls
Lesser kestrel x 8
Pied flycatcher M
Collared flycatcher F
Tawny pipit
Long legged buzzard (dropping onto a snake)
Faneromeni:
Collared flycatcher M x 2
Common redstart F
Ortolan bunting F
Woodchat shrike x 2
Tsiknias River
Common tern
Spanish sparrows
Salt pans/Alykes wetland
Tawny pipit
Ruff x 20
Greater flamingo
Kalami marsh/Mesa
Gargany x 17
Citrine wagtail
White wagtail
Common snipe
Little ringed plover
Ruff
Marsh sandpiper X 4
Common sandpiper
Wood sandpiper
Sand martins x 20 and
many greater flamingo which are seemingly everywhere this time around
12 April 2022
Some bird news from the Lesvos Birders What's App Group:
Potamia Valley
2 Collared Flycatchers
3 Masked Shrike
Middle Spotted Woodpecker
Tsiknias River
Walk from lower ford to main road bridge
Garganey 2
Squacco Heron, 2
Grey Heron
Little Egret 4
Long-legged Buzzard
Ruff 17
Wood Sandpiper 12
Little Ringed Plover 6
Warblers in the reeds Reed, Great Reed, Sedge, Blackcap, Lesser Whitethroat Cetti’s, Nightingale 4
Yellow Wagtail numbers difficult to count includingThunbergi and 1 Xanthophrys.
Mixed flock of hirundines and 4 Common Swift, Long-legged Buzzard.
Kalami Marsh
Pair Ruddy Shelduck,
Garganey 11
Alpine swift 2
Northern shoveler , several
Steppe Buzzard - first seen on 11 April at this site
Mick Sway
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13 April 2022
Sightings from Facebook.
Whats App Report at Channel, NW corner of Kalloni Pans
Gull billed terns 40+
Skala Kalloni - Maro Studios
Western cattle egret present
Kevin's list
BIRDS:
Kavaki/Molivos:
Blue rock thrush
Peregrine
Subalpine warbler
Black-eared wheatear
Raven
Hoopoe
Surprisingly Kevin reports no sign of Rüppell's warbler (Curruca ruppeli) here.
Mini-soccer pitch/Kalloni;
Scops owl - despite the devastating lopping exercise of the eucalyptus here
Nuthatch
Madaros:
Pied flycatcher
Rock nuthatch
Subalpine warbler
Kalami marsh/Mesa:
Marsh sandpiper
Gargany
Yellow wagtail
Long-legged buzzard
Northern lapwing
Great white egret
White stork
Sightings from Facebook.
Whats App Report at Channel, NW corner of Kalloni Pans
Gull billed terns 40+
Skala Kalloni - Maro Studios
Western cattle egret present
Kevin's list
BIRDS:
Kavaki/Molivos:
Blue rock thrush
Peregrine
Subalpine warbler
Black-eared wheatear
Raven
Hoopoe
Surprisingly Kevin reports no sign of Rüppell's warbler (Curruca ruppeli) here.
Mini-soccer pitch/Kalloni;
Scops owl - despite the devastating lopping exercise of the eucalyptus here
Nuthatch
Madaros:
Pied flycatcher
Rock nuthatch
Subalpine warbler
Kalami marsh/Mesa:
Marsh sandpiper
Gargany
Yellow wagtail
Long-legged buzzard
Northern lapwing
Great white egret
White stork
Mick Sway
Well-known member
14 April 2022
Observado Report - Perasma/Petra Reservoir
Skala Kalloni - Kalloni Bay
Great Crested Grebe 2
Yelkouan Shearwaters
Tsiknias River 2.35pm
Squacco Heron 1
Mesa - 3.00pm
Garganey 15
Citrine Wagtail - 1 male
Marsh Sandpiper 5
Kalami Marsh 3.45
Lapwing 1
Steppe Buzzard 1
Marsh Harrier 1
Alpine Swift 2
Pallid Swift 4
Common Swift 30
Red-rumped Swallow 2
Glossy Ibis 1
Kalloni Saltpans - 5.30pm
Black-tailed Godwit 28
Gull-billed Terns 48
Mediterranean Gull 1
Observado Report - Perasma/Petra Reservoir
A single wigeon (Mareca penelope) reported on the reservoir today.
Report by visiting Bird Guide as Reported on Lesvos Bird NewsSkala Kalloni - Kalloni Bay
Great Crested Grebe 2
Yelkouan Shearwaters
Tsiknias River 2.35pm
Squacco Heron 1
Mesa - 3.00pm
Garganey 15
Citrine Wagtail - 1 male
Marsh Sandpiper 5
Kalami Marsh 3.45
Lapwing 1
Steppe Buzzard 1
Marsh Harrier 1
Alpine Swift 2
Pallid Swift 4
Common Swift 30
Red-rumped Swallow 2
Glossy Ibis 1
Kalloni Saltpans - 5.30pm
Black-tailed Godwit 28
Gull-billed Terns 48
Mediterranean Gull 1
Mick Sway
Well-known member
15th April 2022
Meladia Valley - Observado reports
Collared flycatcher- male
Ortolan bunting - male
15th April Visiting Bird Guides report on Lesvos Birders
Christou River - 06.30 - 8.00
Slender-billed Gull 1
Sandwich Tern 2
Common Tern 4
Little Stint 4
Stone Curlew 3
Marsh Sandpiper 2
Greenshank 1
Kentish Plover 8
Grey Plover 1
Wood Sandpiper 30
Ruff 2
Papania 08.45
Scops Owl 1
Mesa Wetland - 9.00 - 9.45
Marsh Sandpiper 4
Garganey 20
Shoveler 4
Marsh Harrier 1
Yellow Wagtail 4
Kingfisher 1
Yelkouan Shearwater 75 passing by clise in Bay
Glossy Ibis 16
Water Rail - heard
Achladeri 10.30 - 12.00
Kruper’s Nuthatch 2
Collared Flycatcher 1 male
Pied Flycatcher 2
Serin 4
Common Cuckoo - heard
Short-toed Eagle 1
Long-tailed Tit 4
Wood Warbler 1
Long-legged Buzzard 1
Tsiknias River 3.00 - 3.45
Purple Heron 1
Alykes Wetland/ Southern Salt Pans 4.00
Great Spotted Cuckoo 1
Short-toed Eagle 3
4.30 - 5.15
Greater Short-toed Lark 16
Tawny Pipit 3
Kalloni Salt Pans - West 5.30 6.30
Black- tailed Godwit 22
Grey Plover 1
Tsiknias River 6.45
Black Stork 1
Meladia Valley - Observado reports
Collared flycatcher- male
Ortolan bunting - male
15th April Visiting Bird Guides report on Lesvos Birders
Christou River - 06.30 - 8.00
Slender-billed Gull 1
Sandwich Tern 2
Common Tern 4
Little Stint 4
Stone Curlew 3
Marsh Sandpiper 2
Greenshank 1
Kentish Plover 8
Grey Plover 1
Wood Sandpiper 30
Ruff 2
Papania 08.45
Scops Owl 1
Mesa Wetland - 9.00 - 9.45
Marsh Sandpiper 4
Garganey 20
Shoveler 4
Marsh Harrier 1
Yellow Wagtail 4
Kingfisher 1
Yelkouan Shearwater 75 passing by clise in Bay
Glossy Ibis 16
Water Rail - heard
Achladeri 10.30 - 12.00
Kruper’s Nuthatch 2
Collared Flycatcher 1 male
Pied Flycatcher 2
Serin 4
Common Cuckoo - heard
Short-toed Eagle 1
Long-tailed Tit 4
Wood Warbler 1
Long-legged Buzzard 1
Tsiknias River 3.00 - 3.45
Purple Heron 1
Alykes Wetland/ Southern Salt Pans 4.00
Great Spotted Cuckoo 1
Short-toed Eagle 3
4.30 - 5.15
Greater Short-toed Lark 16
Tawny Pipit 3
Kalloni Salt Pans - West 5.30 6.30
Black- tailed Godwit 22
Grey Plover 1
Tsiknias River 6.45
Black Stork 1
Mick Sway
Well-known member
16th April 2022
Report from holidaying photographer Kevin.
Apparently the forecast was for overcast but it turned out another warm day with only whispy clouds.
BIRDS:
Tsiknias River/Lotzaria
Pied flycatcher
Great reed warbler
Reed warbler
Hoopoe
Nightingale
Olivaceous warbler
Whinchat
Skala Skamnioudi:
Stone curlew
Black stork
Short toed eagle
Polichnitos salt pans/Alikoudi pool
Kentish plover
Little stint x 8
Little ringed plover x 6
Flamingos on pool but no avocets
Whinchat x 7
Tree pipit x 3
Red rumped swallow
Common tern
Achlederi:
Kruper's nuthatch
Serin
Platania:
Masked shrike
Woodchat shrike
Hoopoes, many calling
Lesser whitethroat
Cirl bunting
Buzzard
Rock nuthatch
Subalpine warbler
Kalloni salt pans hide:
Kingfisher (note : peculiarly, kingfishers are winter visitors and are uncommon between May, June and July )
From Observado:
Alykes Wetland - sheep field
Great spotted cuckoo
Image - Common Kingfisher Kalloni Salt Pans 160422 cc Mirsini Kladogeni
Report from holidaying photographer Kevin.
Apparently the forecast was for overcast but it turned out another warm day with only whispy clouds.
BIRDS:
Tsiknias River/Lotzaria
Pied flycatcher
Great reed warbler
Reed warbler
Hoopoe
Nightingale
Olivaceous warbler
Whinchat
Skala Skamnioudi:
Stone curlew
Black stork
Short toed eagle
Polichnitos salt pans/Alikoudi pool
Kentish plover
Little stint x 8
Little ringed plover x 6
Flamingos on pool but no avocets
Whinchat x 7
Tree pipit x 3
Red rumped swallow
Common tern
Achlederi:
Kruper's nuthatch
Serin
Platania:
Masked shrike
Woodchat shrike
Hoopoes, many calling
Lesser whitethroat
Cirl bunting
Buzzard
Rock nuthatch
Subalpine warbler
Kalloni salt pans hide:
Kingfisher (note : peculiarly, kingfishers are winter visitors and are uncommon between May, June and July )
From Observado:
Alykes Wetland - sheep field
Great spotted cuckoo
Image - Common Kingfisher Kalloni Salt Pans 160422 cc Mirsini Kladogeni
Mick Sway
Well-known member
16th April 2022 - visiting bird tour reports on Lesvos Bird News as follows
Highlights:
Metochi (Inland) Lake
Little Crake 1 female
Purple Heron 1
Savi’s Warbler - singing
Kavaki
Ruppell’s Warbler 2
Chukkar 3
Blue Rock Thrush 1
Molivis
Alpine Swift 2
Perasma Reservoir
Eurasian Wigeon 1
Tsiknias River mouth
Mediterranean Gull 2
Common Tern 16
Common Snipe 1
Hoopoe 1
Kalloni Salt Pans
Wood Sandpiper 294
Ruff 185
Little Stint 14
Black-tailed Godwit 8
Mesa/Kalami
Garganey 6
Shoveler 5
Glossy Ibis 2
Mediterranean Gull 6
Steppe Buzzard 1
Marsh Harrier 1
Highlights:
Metochi (Inland) Lake
Little Crake 1 female
Purple Heron 1
Savi’s Warbler - singing
Kavaki
Ruppell’s Warbler 2
Chukkar 3
Blue Rock Thrush 1
Molivis
Alpine Swift 2
Perasma Reservoir
Eurasian Wigeon 1
Tsiknias River mouth
Mediterranean Gull 2
Common Tern 16
Common Snipe 1
Hoopoe 1
Kalloni Salt Pans
Wood Sandpiper 294
Ruff 185
Little Stint 14
Black-tailed Godwit 8
Mesa/Kalami
Garganey 6
Shoveler 5
Glossy Ibis 2
Mediterranean Gull 6
Steppe Buzzard 1
Marsh Harrier 1
