Interesting sightings from today (20210904). Data from the Kalloni EIC monitoring program unless stated otherwise
KALLONI GULF AREA
Polichnitos Salt Pans- am
Kentish Plover 5, Black-winged Stilt 2
Curlew Sandpiper 1, Dunlin 1
Slender-billed Gull 2, Mediterranean Gull 1
Little Tern 2, Common Tern 1
(all records Andre Vuijk via Observado)
Messa- am
Spoonbill 1, Kentish Plover 3 (Andre Vuijk via Observado)
Kalloni Salt Pans (NE hide)- pm
Osprey 1, 17:00, an hour later reported at Vouvaris river, NE coast of Kalloni Bay (Andre Vuijk via Observado)
Marsh Harrier 1, Common Kestrel 1
Black Stork 2, Spoonbill 16 (Howard Vaughan)
Dalmatian Pelican 8 (Howard Vaughan), only 3 there in the morning
Pied Avocet 150, Black-winged Stilt 1
Little Stint 5, Ringed Plover 1
Spotted Redshank 1 (Howard Vaughan)
Grey Plover 3, Curlew 5 (Howard Vaughan)
Slender-billed Gull 5
Pied Avocets, Redshanks, Greenshanks, Little Ringed Plovers, Flamingos, Great and Little White Egrets, Grey Herons, Great Cormorants
Dalmatian Pelicans, Cormorants and Flamingos (Howard Vaughan)
Kalloni Salt Pans to Tsiknias river fields (Lotzaria)- pm
Long-legged Buzzard 1 (Andre Vuijk via Observado)
Nightjar 2, at dusk (Howard Vaughan)
Tsiknias river
Black Stork 1 (Leo Tukker via Lesvos Birders FB)
Short-toed Eagle 1 (Andre Vuijk via Observado)
Curlew 1 (Andre Vuijk via Observado)
Greenshank 1 (Leo Tukker via Lesvos Birders FB)
Slender-billed Gull 2 (Andre Vuijk via Observado)
Kingfisher 1 (Leo Tukker via Lesvos Birders FB)
Ennia Kamares (Christou)
Black Stork 1, Short-toed Eagle 1 (Hans Raijmaekers via Lesvos Birders FB)
Black Stork (Hans Raijmaekers)
Metochi Lake
Spoonbill 1, juv (Patrick Keirsebilck via Observado)
Green Sandpiper 1 (Leo Tukker via Lesvos Birders FB)
Common Sandpiper 2 (Patrick Keirsebilck via Observado)
Zitting Cisticola 1, (Patrick Keirsebilck via Observado)
Potamia valley and reservoir- am
Grebes and Coots (Leo Tukker via Lesvos Birders FB)
NORTHERN LESVOS
Kavaki -am
(between Petra and Molivos)
Pygmy Cormorant 1, flying along the coast (Johannes Hofmann via eBird)
Molivos (Perasma) reservoir
Steppe Buzzard 1, possible: present again (Ray Purser)
Common/Steppe Buzzard (Ray Purser)
WESTERN LESVOS
Ipsilou Monastery (Sigri)- am
Montagu's Harrier 2, juv (Howard Vaughan)
Long-legged Buzzard 1 (Michael Jackson)
Goshawk 1 (Michael Jackson)
Faneromeni
Yellow Wagtails 200+ (Michael Jackson)
Tawny Pipit 1 (Michael Jackson)
Tree Pipit 1 (Ian Hardy via Lesvos Birders FB)
Pithariou reservoir (Eressos)
Ruddy Shelduck 2
Eleonora's Falcon 2
Wood Nuthatch 2
(all records Howard Vaughan)
Complete checklists submitted online can be accessed here:
e-bird (updated throughout the year and where we submit the Kalloni EIC records in the long term)
observado- lesvos (active during April-May and September by Dutch visitor birders)
bird-track (by British visitor birders)
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Flamingos by the Kalloni Pans, east side view at dusk (Eleni Galinou- Kalloni EIC)
