Bird news - Sept 09, 2021

Interesting sightings from today (2021-09-09). 

KALLONI GULF AREA

Kalloni Salt Pans E parts (NE hide and track)

Dalmation Pelican 2, Spoonbill 14, pm (Howard Vaughan via Lesvos Birders FB)

(Michael Jackson, am)

Osprey 1 (towards Agia Paraskevi), Peregrine 1 

Alpine Swift 1 

Little Ringed Plover 9, Kentish Plover 2

Grey Plover 4, Curlew 1

Marsh Sandpiper 1, Greenshank 2

Redshank 20, Common Sandpiper 1

Dunlin 10, Little Stint 10

Little Tern 1, juv

Kalloni Salt Pans S parts (pans, canal, fields, and coast)

(Howard Vaughan via Lesvos Birders FB)

Marsh Harrier, 1 

Dunlin 1, Little Stint 2 

Caspian Tern 3, pm, by the coast 

Lesser Grey Shrike 2

Kalloni Salt Pans to Tsiknias river fields (Lotzaria)

Hoopoe 3 (Leo Tukker via Lesvos Birders FB)

Masked Shrike, and Tawny Pipits (Howard Vaughan via Lesvos Birders FB)

Yellow Wagtails, Willow Warblers, Whinchats, Corn Buntings, Barn, Red-backed Swallows, and a few Sand Martins, Red-backed, Woodchats Shrikes

Tsiknias river ford 

Common Snipe 2 (Ian Hardy via Levos Birders FB)

Greenshank 1 (Ian Hardy & Leo Tukker via Lesvos Birders FB)

Spotted Redshank 1, Green Sandpiper 1 (Leo Tukker via Lesvos Birders FB)

Sandwich Tern 1, river mouth (Leo Tukker via Lesvos Birders FB)

Turtle Dove 1 (Leo Tukker via Lesvos Birders FB)

Ortolan Bunting 2, am (Andre Vuijk via Observado)

Cretzshmar's Bunting 2, pm (Howard Vaughan via Lesvos Birders FB)

Ennia Kamares (Christou)

Spanish Sparrow 30 (John Schelfhorst via Observado)

Parakila lagoon (Limanaki)

(Howard Vaughan via Lesvos Birders FB)

Mediterranean Gull 32

Eastern Subalpine Warbler 1

Sombre Tits, Cirl Buntings

 

NORTHERN LESVOS

Petra

Thrush Nightingale 1 (Ray Purser)

 

WESTERN LESVOS

Eressos to Sigri track

(Howard Vaughan via Lesvos Birders FB)

Short-toed Eagle 1, Common Buzzard 1

Western Rock Nuthatch, Wheatears etc

Tsichliontas river valley  (Meladia)

(Howard Vaughan via Lesvos Birders FB)

Spotted Redshank 1, river mouth

Cetti's Warbler, Tawny Pipits, Sombre Tits

Faneromeni

(Howard Vaughan via Lesvos Birders FB)

Turtle Dove 1

Golden Oriole 1

Yellow Wagtails, Red-backed Shrikes etc.

Petrified Forest (Sigri)

(Howard Vaughan via Lesvos Birders FB)

Bee-eaters, Red-rumped Swallows, and Rock Doves 

Pithariou reservoir (Eressos)

(Howard Vaughan via Lesvos Birders FB)

Eleonora's Falcon 4

Wood Sandpiper 1

Perivolis Monastery (Antissa)

(Howard Vaughan via Lesvos Birders FB)

Short-toed Eagle 1

Redstart 1, M

Serins, Cirl Buntings, Middle Spotted Woodpeckers etc

 

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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