Bird news - Sept 18, 2021

Interesting sightings from today (2021-09-18). 

 

KALLONI GULF AREA

Kalloni Salt Pans E parts (NE hide and track)

(Stelios Zannetos via ebird)

Teal 2

Dalmatian Pelican 4

Marsh Sandpiper 6

Water Rail 1

Grey Plover 3, Ringed Plover 1, Curlew 1

Spotted Redshank 1, Redshank 11

Little Stint 2

Slender-billed Gull 4

Fan-tailed Warbler 1

Tsiknias river ford 

Levant Sparrowhawk 1 (Stelios Zannetos)

Metochi Lake

(Albert van Gulijk via Observado)

Black Stork 11, Spoonbill 1

Grey Heron 21, Little White Egret 16

Lapwing 2 (for a "Lesvos tick"!)

Green Sandpiper 2, Wood Sandpiper 1, Greenshank 1

NORTHERN LESVOS

Sykaminia Raptor Watchpoint

(Raymond De Smet via Lesvos Birders FB)

Goshawk 1, Sparrowhawk 4

Honey Buzzard 3, Common Buzzard 

Black Kite 1

Small Pool NW Lesvos

(Ray Purser via Lesvos Bird News FB)

Crag Martin, Red-rumped Swallow, Common Redstart, Whitethroat, Chaffinch, Hawfinch, Greenfinch, Serin, Cirl Bunting, Middle-spotted Woodpecker, etc

WESTERN LESVOS

Pithariou reservoir (Eressos)

Crag Martin 7, Common Redstart 1 (Albert van Gulijk via Observado)

Psaropotamos (Skala Eressos)

Nightheron 1 (Albert Van Vuiljk via Observado)

 

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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Please, submit your records via the above databases, share them on Facebook (Lesvos Bird News or Lesvos Birders groups), or send them directly to us here.