Bird news - Sept 11, 2021

Interesting sightings from today (2021-09-11). 

GERA GULF AREA

Dipi-Larsos reedbed (Gera Gulf)

Fan-tailed Warbler 1 (Howard Vaughan via Lesvos Birders FB)

Reed & Cetti's Warbler

 

KALLONI GULF AREA

Kalloni Salt Pans E parts (NE hide and track)

(Leo Tukker via Lesvos Birders FB, am)

Dalmatian Pelican 4,

Black Stork 2

Kalloni Salt Pans to Tsiknias river fields (Lotzaria)

Hoopoe 2 (Leo Tukker via Lesvos Birders FB)

Tawny Pipit 1, Tree Pipit 1 (Howard Vaughan via Lesvos Birders FB)

Yellow Wagtails, Willow Warblers, Whinchats, Red-backed Shrikes, etc. An obvious clear out of migrants is reported today (Howard Vaughan & Leo Tukker via Lesvos Birders FB)

Tsiknias river ford 

Spur-winged Plover 1, am (Ian Hardy via Lesvos Birders FB)

Little Crake 1 (Pia Lisa Dahl Schrader)

Common Snipe 2, Greenshank 1 (Howard Vaughan via Lesvos Birders FB)

Kingfisher 2 (Howard Vaughan via Lesvos Birders FB)

Cretzschmar's Bunting 1 (Howard Vaughan via Lesvos Birders FB)

Metochi Lake

(Leo Tukker via Lesvos Birders FB, am)

Black Stork 12, Spoonbill 1

Greenshank, Common Snipe, Green Sandpiper, Grey Herons, and Little White Egrets

 

NORTHERN LESVOS

Petra

Short-toed Eagle 1 (Martyn de vries via Observado)

Skoutaros (Petra area)

Golden Oriole 2, 10:40, (Ray Purser via Lesvos Bird News FB)

Kavaki

Short-toed Eagle 1 (Howard Vaughan via Lesvos Birders FB)

Lepetimnos raptor watchpoint

Honey Buzzard 2, Short-toed Eagle 1 (Howard Vaughan via Lesvos Birders FB)

 

WESTERN LESVOS

Antissa

Short-toed Eagle 2 (Martyn de Vries via Observado)

 

SOUTHERN LESVOS

Agiassos

Short-toed Eagle 2 (John Schelfhorst via Observado)

 

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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