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Fine weather, blue skies and light winds and more photographers than birders!
Napi Valley - FINSCH'S WHEATEAR 1 reported at the north end of the valley. No further details. Note - only one accepted record and ALL those followed up in recent years have turned out to be black and white melanoleuca Black-eared Wheatears. LANNER FALCON 1.
Kalloni Saltpans area - reports of a 'large' pratincole movement this morning c.0730h inc. reported Black-winged Pratincole. Flood opposite saltworks entrance - BROAD-BILLED SANDPIPER 1 reported, Black Stork 5, Great White Egret 3, Squacco Heron 9, Glossy Ibis 3, Garganey 2, Ruddy Shelduck 2, Mallard 3, Red-backed Shrike 2. Alykes Wetlands - BROAD-BILLED SANDPIPER 2 reported with Little Stints late evening, Collared Pratincole 5, Black Stork 3, White Stork 1, Ruddy Shelduck 6, Grey Plover 1, Ringed Plover 1. Pans - Stone-curlew 5, Little Stint 60+, Ruff 20+. Beach - RUFOUS BUSH ROBIN still in tamerisks west of beach cafe. SW Corner - CITRINE WAGTAIL female.
Mesa - Black Stork 10, Ruddy Shelduck 26.
Skala Vasilikon - Little Bittern 1.
Tsiknias River - Little Bittern 1, Squacco Heron 2, Green Sandpiper 1.
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Sunday, 10 May 2009
Saturday, 2 May 2009
2 May - reigning raptors
Rose-coloured Starling, Meladia Valley © Steve DudleyHeavy showers in the morning in the Kalloni area eventually cleared and gave way to blue skies and followed by a string of raptors moving across the island. I wonder what we missed?!
General - arrival of Black-headed Buntings continues and they are all over the place. Bee-eaters everywhere. Large arrival of Sedge Warblers and Great Reed continues and large movement of swifts today inc. several Pallid.
Tsiknias River - WHITE-TAILED EAGLE subadult north at 1020h (fifth record for the island). Pallid Swift 1, Red-backed Shrike 2.
Vouvaris River Mouth - EGYPTIAN VULTURE subadult seen perched then flew north at 1800h (11th island record).
Agiasos - Large eagle sp. north at c. 1300h.
Makara - BLACK KITE 2 on off sea to north, Barred Warbler 1.
Meladia Valley - Rose-coloured Starling 1 (first report of the spring, and early), Pallid Swift sev, Alpine Swift 200+, Common Swift 400+.
Metochi Lake - Moustached Warbler reported for third day, Little Bittern 3.
Kalloni Saltpans area - RUFOUS BUSH ROBIN 1 in seaside tamerisks west of the beach cafe. Barred and Sardinian Warblers along the south road near hide. LANNER FALCON juv down the east pans track. White-winged Black Tern 1, Green Sandpiper 1 on pans. Gull-billed Tern 1, Black Stork 1, Glossy Ibis 10+, Squacco Heron 6+, Purple Heron 2, Great White Egret, Ruddy Shelduck and Garganey on flooded fields opposite the saltworks entrance. Collared Pratincole 2 in Alykes Wetlands (sheepfields).
Achladeri - ELEONORA'S FALCON 3 hawking insects over the car park for c.1/2 hour. Kruper's Nuthatch the male near the white building has managed to attract a mate at long last and both birds showed brilliantly today as they continued to excavate the nest hole. Night-heron 2 roosting in pine trees.
Farmakies Pool (Skala Vasilikon Harbour) - Citrine Wagtail female, Serin 2.
Kalloni Mini Soccer Pitch - Scops Owl 2. IMPORTANT NOTICE - please do not view either bird from the road. The Police have said they will book anyone doing so for obstructing the road.
Polichnitos Saltpans - Green Sandpiper 1, Red-throated Pipit 2, Bee-eater 100+ in area.
General - arrival of Black-headed Buntings continues and they are all over the place. Bee-eaters everywhere. Large arrival of Sedge Warblers and Great Reed continues and large movement of swifts today inc. several Pallid.
Tsiknias River - WHITE-TAILED EAGLE subadult north at 1020h (fifth record for the island). Pallid Swift 1, Red-backed Shrike 2.
Vouvaris River Mouth - EGYPTIAN VULTURE subadult seen perched then flew north at 1800h (11th island record).
Agiasos - Large eagle sp. north at c. 1300h.
Makara - BLACK KITE 2 on off sea to north, Barred Warbler 1.
Meladia Valley - Rose-coloured Starling 1 (first report of the spring, and early), Pallid Swift sev, Alpine Swift 200+, Common Swift 400+.
Metochi Lake - Moustached Warbler reported for third day, Little Bittern 3.
Kalloni Saltpans area - RUFOUS BUSH ROBIN 1 in seaside tamerisks west of the beach cafe. Barred and Sardinian Warblers along the south road near hide. LANNER FALCON juv down the east pans track. White-winged Black Tern 1, Green Sandpiper 1 on pans. Gull-billed Tern 1, Black Stork 1, Glossy Ibis 10+, Squacco Heron 6+, Purple Heron 2, Great White Egret, Ruddy Shelduck and Garganey on flooded fields opposite the saltworks entrance. Collared Pratincole 2 in Alykes Wetlands (sheepfields).
Achladeri - ELEONORA'S FALCON 3 hawking insects over the car park for c.1/2 hour. Kruper's Nuthatch the male near the white building has managed to attract a mate at long last and both birds showed brilliantly today as they continued to excavate the nest hole. Night-heron 2 roosting in pine trees.
Farmakies Pool (Skala Vasilikon Harbour) - Citrine Wagtail female, Serin 2.
Kalloni Mini Soccer Pitch - Scops Owl 2. IMPORTANT NOTICE - please do not view either bird from the road. The Police have said they will book anyone doing so for obstructing the road.
Polichnitos Saltpans - Green Sandpiper 1, Red-throated Pipit 2, Bee-eater 100+ in area.
Friday, 1 May 2009
1 May - Lanner 1 Little Bittern 0
Night-heron and Little Bittern, Faneromeni Lower Ford © Steve DudleyMay Day holiday here with the locals out in force filling the tavernas. Fewer picnickers due to the heavy showers so perhaps the Kruper's Nuthatch won't have been scared too much!
Sigri & Faneromeni area - LANNER FALCON seen to take a Little Bittern at the the upper ford. Also there the Spotted Crake and another Little Bittern. At the lower ford, Night-heron 2, Little Bittern 4, Squacco Heron 3, Great White Egret (4 over). Around the fields and groves in this area hundreds of Bee-eaters and Spotted Flycatchers, Pied Flycatcher 3, lots of Great Reed and Sedge Warblers, Lesser Kestrel 20+, Red-footed Falcon 3+, Woodchat and Red-backed Shrikes, Collared Pratincole 1, Ruddy Shelduck 2. No sign of the Rufous Bush Robin at the Old Sanitorium gorge today.
Lardia Valley - Eastern Bonelli's Warbler - heard not seen. Eleonora's Falcon 3, Long-legged Buzzard, Blue Rock Thrush.
Turn to Monastery Alexander nr Petra - two Eastern Bonelli's Warblers singing.
Ipsilou - Eleonora's Falcon 1, Wood Warbler 50+, two pairs of active Rock Sparrows (on north side of monastery), Blackcap, Lesser Whitethroat, Pied Flyactcher, Spotted Flycatcher (loads), Cinerous Bunting and Isabelline Wheatear.
Kalloni Saltpans - SPUR-WINGED PLOVER one in channel at entrance of Alykes Wetlands (sheepfields) - look inland. CITRINE WAGTAIL male in fields at SW corner.
Skala Kallonis Pool - Spotted Crake 1, Little Crake 1, Little Bittern 1.
Metochi Lake - Spotted Crake 1, Little Crake 4, Little Bittern 3, Squacco Heron 1.
Between Agra & Mesotopos - Eleonora's Falcon 1, Cinererous Bunting.
Thank you to all those providing info especially those entering their records in the Hotel Pasiphae log book.
Sigri & Faneromeni area - LANNER FALCON seen to take a Little Bittern at the the upper ford. Also there the Spotted Crake and another Little Bittern. At the lower ford, Night-heron 2, Little Bittern 4, Squacco Heron 3, Great White Egret (4 over). Around the fields and groves in this area hundreds of Bee-eaters and Spotted Flycatchers, Pied Flycatcher 3, lots of Great Reed and Sedge Warblers, Lesser Kestrel 20+, Red-footed Falcon 3+, Woodchat and Red-backed Shrikes, Collared Pratincole 1, Ruddy Shelduck 2. No sign of the Rufous Bush Robin at the Old Sanitorium gorge today.
Lardia Valley - Eastern Bonelli's Warbler - heard not seen. Eleonora's Falcon 3, Long-legged Buzzard, Blue Rock Thrush.
Turn to Monastery Alexander nr Petra - two Eastern Bonelli's Warblers singing.
Ipsilou - Eleonora's Falcon 1, Wood Warbler 50+, two pairs of active Rock Sparrows (on north side of monastery), Blackcap, Lesser Whitethroat, Pied Flyactcher, Spotted Flycatcher (loads), Cinerous Bunting and Isabelline Wheatear.
Kalloni Saltpans - SPUR-WINGED PLOVER one in channel at entrance of Alykes Wetlands (sheepfields) - look inland. CITRINE WAGTAIL male in fields at SW corner.
Skala Kallonis Pool - Spotted Crake 1, Little Crake 1, Little Bittern 1.
Metochi Lake - Spotted Crake 1, Little Crake 4, Little Bittern 3, Squacco Heron 1.
Between Agra & Mesotopos - Eleonora's Falcon 1, Cinererous Bunting.
Thank you to all those providing info especially those entering their records in the Hotel Pasiphae log book.
Sunday, 19 April 2009
18 April - Lanner Falcon and Krüper’s Nuthatch update
Terry & Sue Robinson report the following -
Mesa Wetland - LANNER FALCON 1
Achladeri Forest - Krüper’s Nuthatch is nesting in the same shattered tree as last year (with sharp point and the electric cabling around the top of it). Its just up and to left from the white building. Long-eared Owl - nesting in the same area just to the right of the white building. Also Masked Shrike in residence as usual by the white building.
River Tsiknias - Slender-billed Gull 1, Mediterranean Gull 4, Sandwich Tern 1, Grey Plover 2, Great Warbler 1, lots of Common Nightingales.
Donald & Jennifer Rhodes saw the following out west -
Meladia Valley - A single crake sp (possibly Baillon's) at the ford; Chukar, Long-legged Buzzard, Sedge and Icterine Warblers, Woodlark .
Sigri & Faneromeni Fields area - Collared Flycatcher, Pied Flycatcher and Spotted Flycatchers (latter everywhere), White Wagtail 1.
Mesa Wetland - LANNER FALCON 1
Achladeri Forest - Krüper’s Nuthatch is nesting in the same shattered tree as last year (with sharp point and the electric cabling around the top of it). Its just up and to left from the white building. Long-eared Owl - nesting in the same area just to the right of the white building. Also Masked Shrike in residence as usual by the white building.
River Tsiknias - Slender-billed Gull 1, Mediterranean Gull 4, Sandwich Tern 1, Grey Plover 2, Great Warbler 1, lots of Common Nightingales.
Donald & Jennifer Rhodes saw the following out west -
Meladia Valley - A single crake sp (possibly Baillon's) at the ford; Chukar, Long-legged Buzzard, Sedge and Icterine Warblers, Woodlark .
Sigri & Faneromeni Fields area - Collared Flycatcher, Pied Flycatcher and Spotted Flycatchers (latter everywhere), White Wagtail 1.
Monday, 5 May 2008
5 May 08 - Another big bird day
Overnight rain and an overcast morning had most of the birders scampering west this morning. And we weren't disappointed!
Weather: overnight rain gave way to a short-lived overcast morning but fine and sunny by mid-morning with scattered cloud. Moderate north-westerly wind. Max temp. c. 25 C.
Ipsilou - GRIFFON VULTURE 1 mid-morning (8th island record and first since 2002), IMPERIAL EAGLE over mid-afternoon (see Andissa below), Collared Flycatcher 4, Red-breasted Flycatcher 2, Thrush Nightingale 3, Icterine Warbler 2, Honey-buzzard 1, Marsh Warbler 6+, plus loads of common migrants inc. Red-backed Shrikes, Blackcap, Lesser Whitethroas, etc.
Polichnitos Saltpans - BLUE-CHEEKED BEE-EATER 1.
Nr Andissa - IMPERIAL EAGLE being mobbed by 3 Long-legged Buzzards mid-morning.
Meladia River Ford area - PALLID SWIFT 110+, Collared Flycatcher 1, Red-breasted Flycatcher 2, Olive Tree Warbler 1, Thrush Nightingale 1, Citrine Wagtail 2, Tawny Pipit 2, Ortolan Bunting 1, Little Bittern 1, Red-backed Shrike 30+, Lesser Grey Shrike 3.
Faneromeni area - CITRINE WAGTAIL 1, ROLLER 2, Eleanora's Falcon 1.
Skala Eresou - CITRINE WAGTAIL 1, Eleanora's Falcon 1 pale bird, Garganey 5 on sea, Squacco Heron 2.
Between Efthalou & Skala Sikaminias - LANNER1, Audouin's Gull 4.
Nr Sikaminia - LEVANT SPARROWHAWK 1 (fem).
Sigri Old Sanitorium - Rufous Bush Chat 2.
Lardia Valley – Eastern Bonelli’s Warbler 1, holding territory at eastern end. West of Vatousa park at eastern end of valley in ‘chalky’ coloured pull-in on right with small wooden gate. Walk west for three telegraph poles to small pool. Bird is in this area but can get to opposite side of valley. Rock Sparrow nesting in Rock Nuthatch nest on rocky outcrop on right from the pull-in.
Kalloni Mini Soccer – Scops Owl 1 - bird still in the fifth roadside tree from the mini soccer pitch entrance but can only be seen from along the road or safer(!) from the track opposite the soccer pitch entrance. It is c.7m up the tree and quote difficult to see.
Achladeri - Kruper's Nuthatch still showing well.
Mesotopos - no sign of yesterday's two Olive Tree Warblers just south of the Eko garage.
Thanks to everyone for their records and for those who enter their records in the Hotel Pasiphae bird log.
Printed copies of the daily Lesvosbirding.com summaries are also on reception at the Hotel Pasiphae by the bird log. Please do not remove them. Thanks.
Weather: overnight rain gave way to a short-lived overcast morning but fine and sunny by mid-morning with scattered cloud. Moderate north-westerly wind. Max temp. c. 25 C.
Ipsilou - GRIFFON VULTURE 1 mid-morning (8th island record and first since 2002), IMPERIAL EAGLE over mid-afternoon (see Andissa below), Collared Flycatcher 4, Red-breasted Flycatcher 2, Thrush Nightingale 3, Icterine Warbler 2, Honey-buzzard 1, Marsh Warbler 6+, plus loads of common migrants inc. Red-backed Shrikes, Blackcap, Lesser Whitethroas, etc.
Polichnitos Saltpans - BLUE-CHEEKED BEE-EATER 1.
Nr Andissa - IMPERIAL EAGLE being mobbed by 3 Long-legged Buzzards mid-morning.
Meladia River Ford area - PALLID SWIFT 110+, Collared Flycatcher 1, Red-breasted Flycatcher 2, Olive Tree Warbler 1, Thrush Nightingale 1, Citrine Wagtail 2, Tawny Pipit 2, Ortolan Bunting 1, Little Bittern 1, Red-backed Shrike 30+, Lesser Grey Shrike 3.
Faneromeni area - CITRINE WAGTAIL 1, ROLLER 2, Eleanora's Falcon 1.
Skala Eresou - CITRINE WAGTAIL 1, Eleanora's Falcon 1 pale bird, Garganey 5 on sea, Squacco Heron 2.
Between Efthalou & Skala Sikaminias - LANNER1, Audouin's Gull 4.
Nr Sikaminia - LEVANT SPARROWHAWK 1 (fem).
Sigri Old Sanitorium - Rufous Bush Chat 2.
Lardia Valley – Eastern Bonelli’s Warbler 1, holding territory at eastern end. West of Vatousa park at eastern end of valley in ‘chalky’ coloured pull-in on right with small wooden gate. Walk west for three telegraph poles to small pool. Bird is in this area but can get to opposite side of valley. Rock Sparrow nesting in Rock Nuthatch nest on rocky outcrop on right from the pull-in.
Kalloni Mini Soccer – Scops Owl 1 - bird still in the fifth roadside tree from the mini soccer pitch entrance but can only be seen from along the road or safer(!) from the track opposite the soccer pitch entrance. It is c.7m up the tree and quote difficult to see.
Achladeri - Kruper's Nuthatch still showing well.
Mesotopos - no sign of yesterday's two Olive Tree Warblers just south of the Eko garage.
Thanks to everyone for their records and for those who enter their records in the Hotel Pasiphae bird log.
Printed copies of the daily Lesvosbirding.com summaries are also on reception at the Hotel Pasiphae by the bird log. Please do not remove them. Thanks.
Friday, 25 April 2008
25 April - Cattle Egret and more Rollers
Cattle Egret between Kalloni Saltpans and Tsiknias River © Steve DudleyWeather: cloudy with sunny periods with strong north-westerly wind. Max. temp 23 C.
Nr Tsiknias River Mouth - CATTLE EGRET, only the seventh in recent years, was the above summer plumaged adult found this evening.
Platania - BOOTED EAGLE 1, LANNER 1, OLIVE TREE WARBLER 1 still showing on and off.
Tsiknias River - ROLLER 1, Slender-billed Gull 2, Little Bittern 1.
Alykodi Pool - GREAT SNIPE 1.
Metochi Lake - Little Crake 4, Spotted Crake 1, Purple Heron 1, Bee-eater 20+.
Kalloni Saltpans - Gull-billed Tern, Spotted Crake 1 (on pool opp. Saltworksentrance), Sanderling 3, Curlew Sandpiper 30+, Marsh Sandpiper 1, Spotted Redshank 1, Ruff 60+, Red-throated Pipit 5 (around pool opp. saltworks entrance).
Polichnitos Saltpans - Little Stint 60+, Temminck's Stint 1, Curlew Sandpiper 12, Black Stork 1.
Achladeri - Kruper's Nuthatch very active around nest stump, Roller 1, Lesser Grey Shrike 1.
Skala Vasilikon - Bee-eater 22.
Alykes Wetlands - Tawny Pipit 1, Short-toed Lark 2.
Mesa - Garganey 3, Shoveler 7.
A number of Black Storks reported moving north throughout the day.
Great Snipe at Alykoudi Pool © Mark Powell
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