A rainstorm hit the island (11:30 for the Kalloni Gulf) and then a halestorm (around 15:30). Here are some highlights of the day:
MIKRI LIMNI FOREST
1 Pallid Harrier (Circus macrourus), a male flew just 10 meters over my head just before the rain!
KALLONI SALT PANS & S. FIELDS
4 drake Garganeys (Anas querquedula)- in the NW corner pool
43 Glossy Ibisses (Plegadis falcinellus), 1 Black Stork (Ciconia nigra)
1 Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia), 1 Squacco Heron (Ardeolla ralloides)
7 Grey Plovers (Pluvialis squatarola), 8 Spotted Redshanks (Tringa erythropus)
9 Marsh Sandpipers (Tringa stagnatilis), 45 Ruffs (Philomachus pugnax)
4 Gull-billed Terns (Gelohelidon nilotica)
8 Red-footed Falcons (Falco vespertinus)
1 Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus)
KALAMI MARSH (MESSA)
3 Glossy Ibisses (Plegadis falcinellus), 1 White Stork (Ciconia ciconia)
1 Squacco Heron (Ardeolla ralloides)
1 Spotted Redshanks (Tringa erythropus), 7 Ruffs (Philomachus pugnax)
12 Wood Sandpipers (Tringa glareola)
1 Marsh Harrier (Circus aeroginosus)
2 Ruddy Shelducks (Tadorna ferruginea)
SKALA POLICHNITOS (by John Bowers)
1 drake Garganey (Anas querquedula)
8 Kentish Plovers (Charadrius alexandrinus) -newely arrived on the newly flooded Polichnitos Pans
170 Ruffs (Philomachus pugnax)- heading to the Kalloni Pans
1 Sandwich Tern (Sterna sadwicensis)
1 M.f. flavissima in a mixed flock of Yellow Wagtails (Motacilla flava)
12 Golden Orioles (Oriolus oriolus)
1 female Marsh Harrier (Circus aeroginosus)
1 Imperial Eagle (Aquila heliaca) – over the beach at 16:00 circling up a little then headed off due N against the wind over the Gulf
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