Interesting sightings from today (2021-09-08).
KALLONI GULF AREA
Polichnitos Salt Pans
(Howard Vaughan)
Flamingo 112, Black Stork 2
Greenshank 11, Little Stint 3
Sandwich Tern 55, Whiskered Tern 1, juv
White-winged Black Tern 2, juv, Little Tern 1, juv
also
(Andre Vuijk via Observado)
Kentish Plover 5, Black-winged Stilt 2
Little Stint 10
Slender-billed Gull 2, Mediterranenan Gull 3
Kingfisher 1
Achladeri to Skala Polichnitos seaside track
(Howard Vaughan)
Mediterranean Gull 22
Bee-eater 13
Tawny Pipit 1
Mikri Limni forest
(Howard Vaughan)
Short-toed Eagle 2
Kruper's Nuthatch 1, Long-tailed Tit 6
Middle Spotted Spotted Woodpecker, Serin, Coal Tit, Spotted Flycatcher
Achladeri
(Howard Vaughan)
Goshawk 1, M juv
Kruper's Nuthatch 3
Chaffinch, Cirl Bunting, Greenfinch, Middle Spotted Woodpecker, Short-toed Treecreeper, Long-tailed Tits, Turtle Dove
Kruper's Nuthatches (Howard Vaughan)
Goshawk, juv (Howard Vaughan)
Vouvaris river
(Howard Vaughan)
Sardinian Warbler 1, Whitethroat 1, Spotted Flycatcher 1
Kalloni Salt Pans S parts (pans, canal, fields, and coast)
Tawny Pipit 1 (Patrick Keirsebilcks via Observado)
Lesser Grey Shrike 1, (Patrick Keirsebilcks via Observado)
Kalloni Salt Pans to Tsiknias river fields (Lotzaria)
Honey Buzzard 1, fly-over, am (Patrick Keirsebilcks via Observado)
Marsh Harrier 1, M, pm (Howard Vaughan)
Common Buzzard 3 (Patrick Keirsebilcks via Observado & Howard Vaughan)
Fan-tailed Warbler 1, heard calling (Patrick Keirsebilcks via Observado)
Masked Shrike 1, juv (Patrick Keirsebilcks & Andre Vuijk via Observado)
Yellow Wagtails, more Whinchats, Northern Wheatears, Red-backed Shrikes around, a large flock of hirundines (mostly House Martins), Hoopoe
Tsiknias river
Booted Eagle 1, fly-over, am (Patrick Keirsebilcks via Observado)
Short-toed Eagle 1 (Howard Vaughan)
Spur-winged Plover 1, am & pm (Pia Lisa Dahl Schrader, Ellen Walsh, Howard Vaughan, and others!)
Common Snipe 1, pm (Howard Vaughan)
Common Tern 1 (Howard Vaughan)
Bee-eater 80 (Howard Vaughan)
Cretzschmar's Bunting 2, pm (Howard Vaughan)
Black Storks, Grey Herons, Cormorant
Spur-winged Plover (Howard Vaughan)
Ennia Kamares (Christou)
Black Stork 6 (Leo TuckKr via Lesvos Birders FB)
Metochi Lake
Black Stork 12 (Andre Vuijk via Observado)
(Michael Jackson & Ray Purser via Lesvos Bird News FB)
Spoonbill 1
Long-legged Buzzard 1
Goshawk 1, Peregrine Falcon 1
Barn Owl 1, before sunrise (Pia Lisa Dahl Schrader via Lesvos Birders FB)
Little Ringed Plover 2
Green Sandpiper 6-8, Common Sandpiper 2
Greenshank 2 or/and Marsh Sandpiper 2
Whiskered Tern 1
Whiskered Tern (Ray Purser)
Makara
(Leo Tukker via Lesvos Birders FB)
Western Rock Nuthatch, Black-eared Wheatear, Common Linnet, and Crested Lark
NORTHERN LESVOS
Eftalou to Skala Sikamnias (coastline road)
Blue Rock Thrush 3 (Martyn de Vries via Observado)
WESTERN LESVOS
Skala Eressos
(Steve Bird)
Masked Shrike 1, ad.
Red-backed Shrikes, Willow Warblers, and Northern Wheatears
SOUTHERN LESVOS
Megali Limni (Agiassos)
Sub-alpine Warbler 1, Whitethroat 3 (Andre Vuijk via Observado)
Masked Shrike (Steve Bird)
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