Interesting sightings from today (2021-09-14).
KALLONI GULF AREA
Kalloni Salt Pans to Tsiknias river fields (Lotzaria)
(Howard Vaughan via Lesvos Birders FB)
White Stork 1
Common Buzzard 4
Turtle Dove, Red-backed Shrikes, Bee-eaters
Tsiknias river ford
Little Crake 1 (Howard Vaughan)
Spur-winged Plover 1 (Howard Vaughan)
Green Sandpiper 1, Greenshank 1, Little Ringed Plover 2 (Howard Vaughan via Lesvos Birders FB)
Cretzschmar's Bunting 1, M (Ian Hardy via Lesvos Birders FB)
Cretzschmar's Bunting (Ian Hardy)
Skala Kallonis
Black Kite 1, at 07:40 am (Howard Vaughan)
NORTHERN LESVOS
Sykamnia raptor watchpoint
(10:00-12:00, Howard Vaughan)
Honey Buzzard 10, Common Buzzard 4
Black Kite 2
Marsh Harrier 12, Montagu's Harrier 1, juv
Short-toed Eagle 3
Lesser Spotted Eagle 1, ad
Goshawk 3, Sparrowhawk 4
Hobby 2
Bee-eater 300+
Yelkouan Shearwater 10, offshore
WESTERN LESVOS
Skalochori to Petra
Raven 30 (John Schelfhorst via Observado)
Perivolis Monastery
(Howard Vaughan)
Red-breasted Flycatcher 1
4 Redstart, Hawfinch 4
Sigri to Eressos track
(Albert van Gulijk via Observado)
Eleonora's Falcon 1
Blue Rock Thrush 1
Sombre Tit, Black-eared Wheatear, Red-backed Shrike, Spotted Flycatcher, Western Rock Nuthatch
Tsichliodas river valley (Meladia)
(Albert van Gulijk via Observado)
Black Stork 2
Long-legged Buzzard 1
Between Lesvos and Chios islands (from ferry)
(Ricardo Santamaria via Ebird)
Cory's Shearwater 3, Yelkouan Shearwater 14
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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Great Cormorants at Pithariou reservoir (Steve Bird)
