Bird news - Sept 23, 2021

Interesting sightings from today (2021-09-23). Data from the Kalloni EIC monitoring program unless stated otherwise

 

KALLONI GULF AREA

Kalloni Salt Pans E parts (NE hide and track)

Ruddy Shelduck 1

Dalmatian Pelican 5, Spoonbill 5

Curlew 3, Grey Plover 10

Common Tern 1 (Steve Bird via Lesvos Birders FB)

Kalloni Salt Pans W parts (NW hide and road)

Flamingo 6, juveniles by the canal

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

Ruff 5, Redshank 16

Pied Avocet 50

Slender-billed Gull 5

Kalloni Salt Pans to Tsiknias river fields (Lotzaria)

Bee-eater 20

Tree Pipit 2, Yellow Wagtail 30

Woodchat Shrike 1

Willow Warblers (!!), Whinchats, Red-backed Shrikes

Tsiknias river ford 

Black Stork 3

Slender-billed Gull 2 (at the river mouth)

Common Snipe 3 (Steve Bird via Lesvos Birders FB)

Honey Buzzard 1, Marsh Harrier 1

Ennia Kamares (Christou)

Stone Curlew 2 (Albert van Gulijk via Observado)

Kentish Plover 24, Ringed Plover 3, LRPlover 1

Temminck's Stint 6 (Albert van Gulijk via Observado)

Dunlin 2, Little Stint 2

Black Kite 1 (Jan Wynants via Observado)

Barn Swallow 10

Metochi Lake

(Albert van Gulijk via Observado)

Black Stork 8, Spoonbill 1

Green Sandpiper 1, Greenshank 1

Gull-billed Tern 1 

Kingfisher 1

Osprey 1 (Ron Jackson via Lesvos Birders FB)

 

NORTHERN LESVOS

Sykamnia Raptor Watchpoint

(Steve Bird via Lesvos Birders FB)

Black Kite 2, Marsh Harrier 2

Honey Buzzard 3, Common Buzzard 6 (at least 2 of Steppe type)

Sparrowhawk 6

 

WESTERN LESVOS

Petrified Forest (Sigri)

Peregrine Falcon 1 (Albert van Gulijk via Observado)

Faneromeni (Sigri)

Hoopoe 1, Spotted Flycatcher 50 (Liz Puzzar via Lesvos Birders FB)

Old Sanatorium (Sigri track to Eressos)

Roller 1 (Carla De Haan Dujardin via Lesvos Birders FB)

 

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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