Interesting sightings from today (2021-09-20).
KALLONI GULF AREA
Vouvaris river
Kingfisher 2 (Andy Weir via Lesvos Bird News FB)
Kalloni Salt Pans E parts (NE hide and track)
Ferruginous Duck 2 (Andy Weir via Lesvos Bird News FB)
Garganey 1, Wigeon 3
Dalmatian Pelican 1 (Stelios Zannetos via eBird)
Spoonbill 11+ ((Andy Weir via Lesvos Bird News FB)
Grey Plover 4, Curlew 4, Kentish Plover (Stelios Zannetos via eBird)
Marsh Sandpiper 1, Spotted Redshank 2 (Stelios Zannetos via eBird)
Bar-tailed Godwit 1 (Stelios Zannetos via eBird)
Broad-billed Sandpiper 1 (Andy Weir via Lesvos Bird News FB)
Kalloni Salt Pans W parts (NW hide and road)
Short-toed Eagle 1, Eleonora's Falcon 1 (Andy Weir via Lesvos Bird News FB)
Kalloni Salt Pans S parts (pans, canal, fields, and coast)
Little Gull 1 (Stelios Zannetos via Lesvos Bird News FB)
Hoopoe 2, Tawny Pipit 1 (Albert van Gulijk via Observado)
Kalloni Salt Pans to Tsiknias river fields (Lotzaria)
(Andy Weir via Lesvos Bird News FB, pm)
tens of Bee-eaters and Corn Buntings
Tawny Pipits
Bee-eaters (Paul Green)
Tsiknias river
Black Stork1, Common Snipe 1
Ennia Kamares (Christou)
Stone Curlew 9 (Steve Bird & Gine Beebe Nichol via Lesvos Birders FB)
Metochi lake
Gull-billed Tern 1 (Andy Weir via Lesvos Bird News FB)
Black Stork 4 (Magdalena Heimfarth-Gallasch via Lesvos Birders FB)
Gull-billed Tern (Andy Weir)
NORTHERN LESVOS
Sykamnia Raptor Watchpoint- am
(Raymond De Smet via Lesvos Birders FB)
Honey Buzzard 5, Common Buzzard 3
Sparrowhawk 1
Avlaki (Petra)- pm
(Raymond De Smet via Lesvos Birders FB)
Honey Buzzard 9, Common Buzzard 1
Short-toed Eagle 1
WESTERN LESVOS
Petrified Forest
(Steve Bird & Gine Beebe Nichol via Lesvos Birders FB)
Eleonora's Falcon 1, Sparrowhawk 1
Psaropotamos (Skala Eressos) river
Nightheron 1 (Albert van Gulijk via Observado)
MITILINI AREA
Skala Loutron
(Ricardo Santamaria via eBird)
Short-toed Eagle 1
Icterine Warbler 1
PLOMARI AREA
Melinda
(HP Stone via eBird)
Peregrine Falcon 1
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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