Here are the highlight bird sightings for April 19, 2023 (with a thunderstorm around noon at the N parts of the island):
Achladeri Pool
Wood Sandpiper 2, Little Egret 4 (Eleni Galinou)
Achladeri forest
Tree Pipit 4, Masked Shrike 1 (Eleni Galinou)
Messa wetland
Black Stork 3, pm (Eleni Galinou)
Squacco Heron 1 (Eleni Galinou)
Steppe Buzzard 1 (Kevin ?)
Masked Shrike (Eleni Galinou)
Kalloni Salt Pans
Black-necked Grebe 2, in the sea (Jason Coppock)
Common Crane 1, brought down by the rain (Jason Coppock) - and cover photo!
Dalmatian Pelican 1, south fields (Alexander van Twillert)
Spoonbill 5, NE corner (Jason Coppock)
Glossy Ibis 4 (Eleni Galinou)
Gull-billed Tern 1 (Eleni Galinou)
Curlew Sandpiper 2, south fields (Jason Coppock)
Short-toed Lark 8, south fields (Jason Coppock)
Montague's Harrier 1, male, am (1st reported by Jeff Bailey, 7:00 am)
Spanish Sparrow 350+ (pm)
Montague's Harrier (Michael Bakas)
Dalmatian Pelican (Alexander van Twillert)
Gull-billed Tern (Eleni Galinou)
Tsiknias river
Glossy Ibis 10 (Jason Coopock)
Turtle Dove 19 (Jason Coopock)
Tree Pipit 2 (Jason Coopock)
Bee-eater 14, pm (Chris Manning)
Skala Kalloni pool
Squacco Heron 1 (Alexander van Twillert)
Skala Kalloni settlement
Booted Eagle 1, dark morph ((Leon Berthou)
Ennia Kamares (Christou)
Stone Curlew 2 (Derrick Robinson)
Bar-tailed Godwit 1 (Jason Coppock)
Zitting Cisticola 1 (Leon Berthou)
Old Potamia reservoir
Night Heron 1 (Styliannos Zannetos)
Metochi lake
Little Craκe (Jason Coopock)
NORTHERN LESVOS
Molivos
Spur-winged Plover 1 (Alexander van Twillert)
Molivos reservoir
Masked and Woodchat Shrikes (Alexander van Twillert)
WESTERN LESVOS
Faneromeni, Sigri
Little & Temminck Stints, by the coastal small pool (Ron Mac Donald)
Bee-eater 4 (Ron Mac Donald)
Collared, Pied & Spotted Flycatchers (Ron Mac Donald)
Sigri to Eressos track (via Meladia Valley)
Collared Flycatcher 1, male at the chapel (Ron Mac Donald)
Red-breasted Flycatcher 1, at the chapel (Ron Mac Donald)
Squacco Heron (Eleni Galinou)
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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