Interesting sightings from today (20210903). Data from the Kalloni EIC monitoring program unless stated otherwise
Messa
Bee-eater 14, fly-overs (Patrick Keirsebilck via Observado)
Kentish Plover 5
Kalloni Salt Pans (NE hide)- am
Shoveler 4, Teal 3
Black Stork 5
Spoonbill 12 (Howard Vaughan)
Dalmatian Pelican 3
Pied Avocet 140, Curlew 1, Little Stint 14
Slender-billed Gull 2
Fan-tailed Warbler 1 (at dried wetland at the start of the track down the east side)
Also a few Spotted Flycatchers, Whinchats, Willow Warblers, and several Crested Larks
Slender-billed Gull (Eleni Galinou- Kalloni EIC)
Zitting Cisticola (Eleni Galinou- Kalloni EIC)
Kalloni Salt Pans (NW hide and W, S parts)
Pied Avocets 30
Ruff 1, at the coast (Howard Vaughan)
Temminck's Stint 1 (Andre Vuijk via Observado)
Montagu's Harrier 1, juv
Montagu's Harrier (Eleni Galinou- Kalloni EIC)
Kalloni Salt Pans to Tsiknias river fields (Lotzaria)
Long-legged Buzzard 3 (Howard Vaughan)
Short-toed eagle 5 - 3 of them passing straight south over the sea
Roller 1, juv (Pia Lisa Dahl Schrader)
Turtle Dove 4 (Howard Vaughan)
Tawny Pipit 4
Nightingale 1 (Andre Vuijk via Observado)
Collared Flycatcher (possible!) 1 (Andre Vuijk via Observado)
Ortolan Bunting 2, pm (Howard Vaughan)
Yellow Wagtails, Willow Warblers, Northern Wheatears, Whinchats, Corn Buntings, Barn & Red-rumped Swallows, Red-backed & Woodchats Shrikes
Long-legged Buzzard, juv. (Howard Vaughan)
Northern Wheatear (Howard Vaughan)
Short-toed Eagle (Howard Vaughan)
Tawny Pipit (Eleni Galinou- Kalloni EIC)
Tsiknias river (ford to mouth)
Grey Plover 1, Curlew 1, Dunlin 1 (Howard Vaughan)
Pied Avocet 1, Greenshanks 3, Redshanks 3, (Michael Jackson)
Slender-billed Gull 7 (Howard Vaughan)
Bee-eaters! (Howard Vaughan)
Bee-eaters (Hans Raijmaekers)
Bee-eater (Hans Raijmaekers)
Little White Egret (Eleni Galinou- Kalloni EIC)
Skala Kallonis
Quail 1, singing by Pela Hotel (Howard Vaughan)
Metochi Lake
Common Sandpiper 1, Greenshank 1
Black Stork 1
Marsh Harrier 1
(all records Howard Vaughan)
Potamia valley
Kingfisher 1 (Andre Vuijk via Observado)
Potamia reservoir
Little Grebe 14, Coot 14
Garganey 3, Teal 9, Mallard 14
(all records Howard Vaughan)
Molivos (Perasma) reservoir
Ruddy Shelduck 1 (Andre Vuijk via Observado)
Little Grebe 21 (Ray Purser)
Short-toed eagles 2 (Ray Purser)
No sign of Steppe type Buzzard today
Kavaki
(shrubland area between Petra and Molivos)
Chukar 1 (Andre Vuijk via Observado)
Short-toed Eagle (Ray Purser)
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