KALLONI GULF AREA
Messa
Northern Lapwing 1 (Jeff Bailey)
Kalloni Salt Pans
East parts/side
Dalmatian Pelican 1 (Jon Boxton), viewable from NE corner hide
Curlew Sandpiper 9 (Steve Bird & Gina Beebe Nichol)
Marsh Sandpiper 1 (John Glendinning)
Little Gull 1 (Howard Vaughan)- rare for Lesvos
Sandwich Tern 9 (John Glendinning)
Little Tern 4 (Jeff Bailey)- 1st SPRING ARRIVAL
Black Tern 2 (Jeff Bailey)- 1st SPRING ARRIVAL
Red-throated Pipit 16, Greater Short-toed Lark 20 (Steve Bird, Gina Beebe Nichol)
Zitting Cisticola 2 (Jeff Bailey)
South parts/side
Great Spotted Cuckoo 2 (Jeff Bailey & Steve Bird, Gina Beebe Nichol)
Marsh Harrier 3 (Jeff Bailey)
Kalloni Salt Pans to Tsiknias track
Wryneck 1 (Ron Macdonald)
Tsiknias river lower parts
Spur-winged Plover 1 (Gill Burrell)
Great Reed Warbler 12+ (Howard Vaughan)
Glossy Ibis (Ron Macdonald)
Tawny PIpit (Michael Sveikutis)
Ennia Kamares (Christou)
Stone Curlew 2 (Michael Sveikutis)
Long-legged Buzzard 1 (Kevin Peace)
Stone Culew (Michael Sveikutis)
Parakila marsh
Ruddy Shelduck 1
Black-winged Stilt 23
Makara
(Frank Droge)
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater 1- a rare bird for Lesvos!!
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (Frank Droge)
Agra roadside pool
(Eleni Galinou)
Night Heron 1
Black-crowned Night Heron (Eleni Galinou)
WESTERN LESVOS
Faneromeni (Sigri)
(John Glendinning & Jon Buxton)
Little Crake 1, M
Little Bittern 1, Purple Heron 2
Sanderling 1- rare for Lesvos
Bee-eater 200-300 (Paul manning)- pm
Citrine Wagtail 1, F
Eresos to Sigri track and Tsichliontas (Meladia valley)
Short-toed Eagle 1 (Eleni Galinou)
Montagu's Harrier 2 (both ringtails), Hen Harrier 1 (John Glendinning)
Lesser Kestrel 9, Peregrine Falcon 1, Sparrowhawk 2 (John Glendinning)
Black-headed Bunting 1 (Josie Knox)- 1st SPRING ARRIVAL
Collared, Pied & Spotted Flycatchers, Common cuckoo, Woodlarks, Eastern Orphean Warblers, Bee-eaters and Cinereous and Cretzschmar's buntings.
Short-toed Eagle (Eleni Galinou)
Psaropotamos river (Skala Eresos)- am
(Eleni Galinou)
Purple Heron 1, Night Heron 1
Little Bittern 2, Squacco Heron 2
Bee-eater 15- fly overs
Olivaceous Warbler 2
Short-toed eagle 1
Little Bittern (Eleni Galinou)
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 Reed Warbler (Howard Vaughan)
