Interesting sightings from today (2021-09-19).
KALLONI GULF AREA
Polichnitos Salt Pans - pm
(Steve Bird & Gina Bebee Nichols via Lesvos Bird News FB)
Pied Avocet 80, Dunlin 4
Greenshank 4, Redshank 32
Little Stints, Black-winged Stilts, Kentish Plover
Skamioudi harbor
Mediterranean Gulls 5 (Steve Bird & Gina Bebee Nichols via Lesvos Bird News FB)
Achladeri
Osprey 2 (Steve Bird & Gina Bebee Nichols via Lesvos Bird News FB)
Osprey (Steve Bird)
Kalloni Salt Pans E parts (NE hide and track)- am
Wigeon 1 (Steve Bird & Gina Bebee Nichols via Lesvos Birders FB)
Dalmatian Pelican 4 (Steve Bird & Gina Bebee Nichols via Lesvos Birders FB)
Spoonbill 14 (Steve Bird & Gina Bebee Nichols via Lesvos Birders FB)
Grey Plover 3 (Steve Bird & Gina Bebee Nichols via Lesvos Birders FB)
Little Stint 1, Dunlin 7 (Albert van Gulijk via Observado)
Marsh Sandpiper 1, Curlew 2 (Steve Bird & Gina Bebee Nichols via Lesvos Birders FB)
Bar-tailed Godwit 1 (Albert van Gulijk via Observado)
Slender-billed Gull 4 (Steve Bird & Gina Bebee Nichols via Lesvos Birders FB)
Gull-billed Tern 1 (Stelios Zannetos)
Bar-tailed Godwit (Liz Puzzar)
Dalmatian Pelican and Cormorants (Steve Bird)
Kalloni Salt Pans W parts (NW hide and road)
Little Gull 1 (Andy Weir via Lesvos Birders FB)
Kalloni Salt Pans to Tsiknias river fields (Lotzaria)
Red-footed Falcon 2, 17:30 (Stelios Zannetos via Lesvos Bird News FB)
Bee-eater 20+ (Carla De Haan Dujardin via Lesvos Birders FB)
Woodchat Shrike 1 (Steve Bird & Gina Bebee Nichols via Lesvos Birders FB)
Willow Warblers, Yellow Wagtails, Red-backed Shrikes
Skala Kallonis
Golden Oriole 1, M (Martin Bro via Lesvos Birders FB)
NORTHERN LESVOS
Lepetimnos (Sykamnia) raptor watchpoint, pm
(Andy Weir via Lesvos Birders FB)
Honey Buzzard 6, Common Buzzard 4
Marsh Harrier 1, Sparrowhawk 2
Eleonora's Falcon 2, Peregrine Falcon 1
Bee-eaters small flocks
MITILINI AREA
Haramida marsh
Tawny Pipit 1 (Ricardo Santamaria via eBird)
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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Kingfisher, Molivos harbor (Frank Wood)
Spoonbills (Steve Bird)
