Interesting sightings from today (2021-09-23). Data from the Kalloni EIC monitoring program unless stated otherwise
KALLONI GULF AREA
Kalloni Salt Pans E parts (NE hide and track)
Ruddy Shelduck 1
Dalmatian Pelican 5, Spoonbill 5
Curlew 3, Grey Plover 10
Common Tern 1 (Steve Bird via Lesvos Birders FB)
Kalloni Salt Pans W parts (NW hide and road)
Flamingo 6, juveniles by the canal
Kalloni Salt Pans S parts (pans, canal, fields, and coast)
Ruff 5, Redshank 16
Pied Avocet 50
Slender-billed Gull 5
Kalloni Salt Pans to Tsiknias river fields (Lotzaria)
Bee-eater 20
Tree Pipit 2, Yellow Wagtail 30
Woodchat Shrike 1
Willow Warblers (!!), Whinchats, Red-backed Shrikes
Tsiknias river ford
Black Stork 3
Slender-billed Gull 2 (at the river mouth)
Common Snipe 3 (Steve Bird via Lesvos Birders FB)
Honey Buzzard 1, Marsh Harrier 1
Common Snipe (Steve Bird)
Ennia Kamares (Christou)
Stone Curlew 2 (Albert van Gulijk via Observado)
Kentish Plover 24, Ringed Plover 3, LRPlover 1
Temminck's Stint 6 (Albert van Gulijk via Observado)
Dunlin 2, Little Stint 2
Black Kite 1 (Jan Wynants via Observado)
Barn Swallow 10
Metochi Lake
(Albert van Gulijk via Observado)
Black Stork 8, Spoonbill 1
Green Sandpiper 1, Greenshank 1
Gull-billed Tern 1
Kingfisher 1
Osprey 1 (Ron Jackson via Lesvos Birders FB)
NORTHERN LESVOS
Sykamnia Raptor Watchpoint
(Steve Bird via Lesvos Birders FB)
Black Kite 2, Marsh Harrier 2
Honey Buzzard 3, Common Buzzard 6 (at least 2 of Steppe type)
Sparrowhawk 6
WESTERN LESVOS
Petrified Forest (Sigri)
Peregrine Falcon 1 (Albert van Gulijk via Observado)
Faneromeni (Sigri)
Hoopoe 1, Spotted Flycatcher 50 (Liz Puzzar via Lesvos Birders FB)
Old Sanatorium (Sigri track to Eressos)
Roller 1 (Carla De Haan Dujardin via Lesvos Birders FB)
Roller (Liz Puzzar)
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.
Red-backed Shrike (Hans_Raijmaekers)
