Interesting sightings from the 2nd half of January 2022. Data and photos of the Kalloni EIC monitoring program unless stated otherwise.
GERA GULF AREA
(Jan 27)
Sea
Great Crested Grebe 33
Black-throated Grebe 95
Mediterranean Gull 2, Sandwich Tern 10
Dipi- Larssos reedbed
Mustached Warbler 1
Ruddy Shelduck 2
Cormorants and Shags on the small island at the Gera Gulf mouth to the Aegean Sea.
Sandwich Tern - Gera Gulf
KALLONI GULF AREA
Northern parts of Kalloni Gulf
Black-throated Loon 2 (Jan 22)
Red-breasted Merganser 3 (Jan 20)
Slender-billed Gull 14, foraging together (Jan 22)
Vouvaris river
(Jan 18)
Ruddy Shelduck 4
Black Stork 1
Messa
Ruddy Shelduck 2 (Jan 16 & 20)
Redshank 5 (Jan 20)
Coot 10 (Jan 20, 27 & 30)
Blue Rock Thrush 1 (Jan 30, Michael Bakas- LBN FB)
Kalloni Salt Pans
Ruddy Shelduck 241, Common Shelduck 50+ (Jan 20)
Wigeon 100+, Teal 200+, Mallard 30+ (Jan 20)
Spoonbill 15 (Jan 20)
Dalmatian Pelican 5 (Jan 16), 1 (Jan 23)
Pied Avocet 40-50 (Jan 16), 15 (Jan 20, 22), 2 (Jan 30)
Golden Plover 80-100, flying high over pans (Jan 16), 35 (Jan 20), 5 (Jan 30)
Northern Lapwing 15 (Jan 20), 45 (Jan 30)
Curlew 8, Redshank 30+, Greenshank 2 (Jan 20)
Long-legged Buzzard 1, Common Buzzard 1 (Jan 16, Jan 30)
Hen Harrier 2, Marsh Harrier 1 (Jan 20, Jan 30)
Spoonbills by the Kalloni Pans
Hen Harrier, Kalloni Pans south
Tsiknias river
(Jan 18)
Spoonbill 3, Great White Egret 3
Kentish Plover 3 (Jan 18)
Kerami Dam
(Jan 20)
Little Grebe 15, Coot 140
Crag Martin 14