2nd half of November '21

Interesting sightings from the 2nd half of November 2021. Data from the Kalloni EIC monitoring program unless stated otherwise

KALLONI GULF AREA

Nifida marsh

(Nov 28)

Freshly and partly flooded...

Polichnitos Salt Pans

(Nov 28)

Dalmatian Pelican 1

Flamingo 121, Black Stork 3

Pied Avocet 240-260

Redshank 11, Greenshank 1

Dunlin 18, Little Stint 11

Slender-billed Gull 4

Alikoudi marsh

(Nov 28)

Freshly and partly flooded...Only α Great and a Little White Egret and 2 Yellow-legged Gulls in it.

Messa

Dalmatian Pelican c.10 (Nov 28, M. Bakas- LBN FB), most probably of the group present in the Kalloni Pans

Ruddy Shelduck 2, Wigeon 20 (Nov 20)

Egyptian Goose 1- most probably an escaped bird (Nov 20)

Kalloni Salt Pans

(Nov 20)

Ruddy Shelduck 4, Common Shelduck 30

Teal 108, Mallard 23

Flamingo 1300, Spoonbill 7

Dalmatian Pelican 12

Grey Heron 12, Great White Egret 13, Little White Egret 5

Curlew 2, Grey Plover 2

Redshank 10, Dunlin 35

Long-legged Buzzard 1

Hen Harrier 1, Sparrowhawk 2, Kestrel 2

Kalloni Salt Pans to Tsiknias river fields (Lotzaria)

(Nov 20)

Meadow Pipit 3, Skylark 45

Stonechat 3

Starling 13

Common Buzzard 1

Tsiknias river ford & mouth

(Nov 20)

Redshank 2, Greenshank 1

SOUTHERN LESVOS

Mikri Limni (Lisvori)

(Nov 28)

Kruper's Nuthatch 1

Woodlark 2, Black Redstart 2

Firecrest 2, Cirl Bunting 4

EASTERN LESVOS

Dipi- Larsos reedbed (Gera Gulf)

(Nov 21)

32 birds of 9 species were ringed.

The most numerous were the Robins and Blackcaps.

Special birds ringed were a Corn Bunting and a Wryneck.

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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