Bird news - Sept 15, 2021

Interesting sightings from today (2021-09-15). 

KALLONI GULF AREA

Polichnitos Salt Pans

(Stylianos Giannakos)

Black-winged Stilt 1, Kentish Plover 2

Greenshank 1, Redshank 2

Kalloni Salt Pans E parts (NE hide and track)

Dalmatian Pelican 2 (Howard Vaughan via Lesvos Birders FB)

Black Stork 2, Spoonbill 22  (Howard Vaughan via Lesvos Birders FB)

Grey Plover 2, Curlew 2(Howard Vaughan via Lesvos Birders FB)

Slender-billed Gull 18 (Albert van Gulijk via Observado)

Little Gull 1 (Albert van Gulijk via Observado)

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

Little Stint 1, Dunlin 1 (Albert van Gulijk via Observado)

Marsh Harrier 1 (Albert van Gulijk via Observado)

Red-footed Falcon 1 (Albert van Gulijk via Observado)

Kalloni Salt Pans to Tsiknias river fields (Lotzaria)

Honey Buzzard 1 (Albert van Gulijk via Observado)

Black Kite 1 (Albert van Gulijk via Observado)

Common Buzzard 3 (Stelios Zannetos via ebird)

Lesser Grey Shrike 1, Woodchat Shrike 1 (Howard Vaughan via Lesvos Birders FB)

Ortolan Bunting 1 (Howard Vaughan via Lesvos Birders FB)

Yellow Wagtails, Willow Warblers, Whinchats, Red-backed Shrikes

Tsiknias river ford 

Black Stork 1 (Stelios Zannetos via ebird)

Purple Heron 1 (Albert van Gulijk via Observado)

Little Crake (Stelios Zannetos via ebird)

Common Snipe 2 (Stelios Zannetos via ebird)

Little Ringed Plover 3, Greenshank 1 (Stelios Zannetos via ebird)

Green Sandpiper 1 (Albert van Gulijk via Observado)

Short-toed Eagle 2 (Ricardo Santamaria via ebird)

Goshawk 1 (Stelios Zannetos via ebird)

Metochi Lake

(Howard Vaughan via Lesvos Birders FB)

Greenshank 1, Green Sandpiper 1, Spotted Redshank 1

Grey heron, Little Egret

Kerami (Potamia) reservoir

(Howard Vaughan via Lesvos Birders FB)

Mallard 22, Teal 4

Garganey 2

Short-toed Eagle 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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