Interesting sightings from today (2021-09-10).
KALLONI GULF AREA
Achladeri to Skamnioudi (coastal track)
Kingfisher 1 (John Schelfhorst via Observado)
Kalloni Salt Pans S parts (pans, canal, fields, and coast)
Litle Stint 1 (Leo Tukker via Lesvos Birders FB)
Kalloni Salt Pans to Tsiknias river fields (Lotzaria)
Little Owl 1, pm (Howard Vaughan via Lesvos Birders FB)
Hoopoe 2 (Leo Tukker via Lesvos Birders FB)
Common Buzzard 1 (Leo Tukker via Lesvos Birders FB)
Yellow Wagtails, Northern Wheatears, Willow Warblers, Whinchats, Corn Buntings, Red-backed, Woodchats Shrikes etc
Tsiknias river ford
Spur-winged Plover 1 (Leo Tukker via Lesvos Birders FB am and other observes also pm)
Little Ringed Plover 2 (Martyn de Vries via Observado)
Marsh Sandpiper 1 (Martyn de Vries via Observado
Common Snipe 1, Greenshank 1 (Leo Tukker via Lesvos Birders FB)
Eleonora's Falcon 1, 13:00 (Michael Jackson)
Cretzschmar's Bunting 1 (Leo Tukker via Lesvos Birders FB)
Spur-winged Plover (Hans Raijmaekers)
Metochi Lake- am
(Howard Vaughan via Lesvos Birders FB & Ray Purser via Lesvos Bird News FB)
Mallard 6
Black Stork 17, Eurasian Spoonbill 1
Grey Heron 29, Little Egret 37, Great White Egret 1
Little Ringed Plover 3
3 Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper 3
1 Spotted Redshank, Greenshank 2
Marsh Harrier 1 F
Kingfisher 1
Black Storks and herons and egrets (Ray Purser)
Kerami (Potamia reservoir)
(Howard Vaughan via Lesvos Birders FB)
Garganey 2, Teal 3
Mallard 20
Parakila Lagoon (Limanaki)
Eurasian Curlew 1 (Leo Tukker via Lesvos Birders FB)
Common Sandpiper 1 (Leo Tukker via Lesvos Birders FB)
NORTHERN LESVOS
Molivos (Perasma) reservoir
Common/Steppe Buzzard 1 (Frank Wood via Lesvos Bird News FB)
Molivos
(Martyn des Vries via Observado)
Tree Pipit 1
Long-legged Buzzard 1
WESTERN LESVOS
Pithariou reservoir (Eressos)
(Leo Tukker via Lesvos Birders FB)
Black Stork 1
Eleonora's Falcon 1
Sand Martins, Common Swifts, Barn Swallows
Ipsilou Monastery (Sigri)
Eleonora's Falcon 1 (John de Vries via Observado)
SOUTHERN LESVOS
Charamida (offshore)
Scopoli's Shearwater 1 (Eleni Galinou while on the Chios-Mitilini boat)
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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