2 and 3 May, various areas in Central Lesvos

Kalloni Gulf, Kalloni Salt Pans

2 and 3 May, various areas in Central Lesvos

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Eleni Galinou

May 3, 2015

99X_1458 for blog — PHOTO 1: Ruffs (Philomachus pugnax)

ENIA KAMARES (Christou)- 2 May

Demoiselle Crane (Grus virgo), lucky to see this bird on one more visitt…

TRACK NEAR MANDAMADOS- 2 May

1 Cuckoo (Cucuclus canorus), female of brown morph

4 Alpine Swifts (Apus melba)

2 Golden Orioles (Oriolus oriolus)

1 Middle Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopus medius)

1 Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca), 1 Eastern Orphean Warbler (S. crassirostris)

3 Sombre Tits (Poecile lugubris)

2 Masked Shrikes (Lanius nubicus), 8 Red-backed Shrikes (L. collurio)

1 Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)

2 Common Buzzards (Buteo buteo)

1 Short-toed Eagle (Circaetus gallicus)

Also several Sub-alpine Warblers, Cirl Buntings, Turtle Doves, Black-eared Wheathears, Ravens etc.

KALLONI SALT PANS- 3 May

2 Black Storks (Ciconia nigra)

2 Bee-eaters (Merops apiaster)

8 Collared Pratincoles (Glareola pratincola)

4 Little Stints (Calidris minuta), 9 Temminck’s Stints (C. temminckii)

1 Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis), 40+ Wood Sandpipers (T. glareola)

60+ Ruffs (Philomachus pugnax)

35+ White-winged Black Terns (Chlidonias leucopterus)

6 Whiskered Terns (Chlidonias hybrida)

3 Short-toed Larks (Caladrella brachydactyla)

5 Yellow Wagtails (Motacilla flava feldeg)

1 Rufous Bush Robin (Cercotrichas gallactotes), in the track between the Kalloni Pans and Tsiknias

Also Flamingos, Black-winged Stilts, Avocets, Common and Little Terns and several Little White Egrets and Pallid Warblers and and Black-headed Buntings singing from every second bush etc.

ACHLADERI FOREST- 3 May

2 Kruper’s Nuthatches (Sitta krueperi)

1 Goshawk (Acipiter gentilis), an adult male

1 Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)

FILIA- 3 May

1 Marsh Harrier (Circus aeroginosus)

1 Eleonora’s Falcon (Falco eleonorae)

99X_1320 for blog — PHOTO 2: Rufous Bush Robin (Cercotrichas gallactotes)- distant photo of this very beautiful late, summer visitor.

2 responses to “2 and 3 May, various areas in Central Lesvos”

John Bowers

May 4, 2015

Hi Eleni here are some notes for early May.

The lack of hirundines in the sky tells us that there is little visible movement. The summer residents are well established – black- headed buntings, olivaceous warblers, turtle doves and, on the salt pans, common terns. Today there are 2 temmincks stints, 100 little stints, 24 curlew sandpipers 8 ringed plovers and a scattering of ruffs and wood sands. Additionally there is a purple heron, a little bittern, a squacco and perhaps half a dozen red backed shrikes. There was a white winged black tern on May 1 Bee-eaters are passing over high with small parties occasionally feeding in the fields. Butterflies are starting to emerge with good numbers of Maniola telemessa today. On April 30 I took a field trip to Moni Ipsilou. Cuckoo, rufous bush chat , orphan warbler and sombrero tit by the army camp. A splendid diplaying isabelline wheatear at the base of the hill which, because of the slope was at eye level to the viewer

Regards

John Sent from my iPad

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lesvosbirdnews

May 5, 2015

Thank you John!

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