The temperature fluctuates between 27 to 33 degrees (07:00-10:30). A visit to the wetlands from the Kalloni Salt Pans to the Tsiknias river was made on Aug 2 (in the morning with a repeat visit to check on the White Storks in the afternoon).
Here are the highlight bird sightings:
Kalloni Pans west side
Dalmatian Pelican 7
Black Stork 1, Spoonbill 9
Curlew 4
Stone Curlew 13
Pied Avocets 71, Black-winged Stilts 9
Kentish Plover 6 (with two chicks!)
Redshank 39, Wood Sandpiper 2
Marsh Sandpiper 4
Little Stint 13, Curlew Sandpiper 1
White-winged Tern 1
Common Tern 12, Little Tern 3
Slender-billed Gull 2, Black-headed Gull 76
Flamingos (650+), Grey Herons, Great White Egret, Little White Egrets, Northern Cormorants
Kalloni Pans west and south side
Pied Avocet 40, Black-winged Stilt 8
Little Stint 2, Redshank 5
Slender-billed Gull 26, Black-headed Gull 45
Common Tern 1, Little Tern 2
Woodchat Shrike 1 (juv)
Flamingos, House Sparrows, Crested Larks, Barn Swallows, Goldfinches
Slender and Black-headead Gulls
Little Ringed Plover
Kalloni Pans to Tsiknias river track
White Stork 14 (1 bird from this year's nest with ring)
Bee-eater 5, Hoopoe 3
Yellow Wagtail 25
Rufous Bush Robin 2
Olivaceous Warbler 2
Woodchat Shrike 4
House and Spanish Sparrows 100+
Corn Bunting 50+
Barn Swallows, Goldfinches
Tsiknias river
Great White Egret 1, Little White Egret 1
Moorhen 5
Barn Swallows 10
Cetti's Warbler 2, Reed Warbler 2
Common Buzzard 1
Hoopoes
Bee-eater
Olivaceous Warbler
White Stork
Voulgaris river (Skalochori-Antissa)
Glossy Ibis 1 (Aug 24)
Bee-eaters 80+, at evening roost
Swallows (mainly Barn and Red-rumped) 800+, at evening roost
Cretzschmar's Bunting 20+, in the river bed
Psaropotamos river (Skala Eressos)
Night Heron 2 (Aug 11)
Malliontas river (Chrousos, Mesotopos)
Purple Heron 1, Night Heron 2
Common Sandpiper 1
Yellow Wagtail 10
Cretzschmar's Bunting 5+
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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