Medium to very strong wind on both days… Although birding seemed impossible, several nice bird were observed. Numerous Red-backed Shrikes (Lanius collurio) and, to a lesser extend, Black-headed Buntings (Emberiza melanocephala). Hirundines and Swifts making a passage, too:
ERESSOS TO SIGRI track (fixed and drivable by now!):
4 Ruddy Shelducks (Tadorna ferruginea)
1 Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)
1 Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)- Tsichliontas coast
3 White-winged Black Terns (Chlidonias leucopterus)- Sanatorium
2 Alpine Swifts (Apus melba)
4 Rollers (Coracias garrulus)
5 Bee-eaters (Merops apiaster)
1 Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) being mobbed by 3 different species of birds!
30+ Yellow Wagtails (Motacilla flava, mostly feldegg)
2 Orphean Warblers (Sylvia crassirostris)
2 Collared Flycatchers (Ficedula albicollis), 4 Spotted Flycatchers (Muscicapa striata)
6+ Rock Nuthaches (Sitta neumayer) together in a family part and also heard in 2-3 more sites
2 Masked Shrikes (Lanius nubicus), 5+ Lesser Grey Shrikes (L. minor), 2 Whinchat Shrikes (L. serrator)
1 Little Owl (Athene noctua) providing small rodents to its nest!
2 Lesser Kestrels (Falco naummani), 1 Peregrine Falcon (F. peregrinus)
1 Red-footed Falcon (Falco vespertinus)
1 Honey Buzzard (Pernis apivorus), 2 Buzzards (Buteo buteo)
1 Short-toed Eagle (Circaetus gallicus)
FANEROMENI:
2 Ruddy Shelducks (Tadorna ferruginea)
5 Little White Egrets (Egretta garzetta), 3 Little Bitterns (Ixobrychus minutus)
2 Collared Pranticoles (Glareola pratincola)- by R. Muynch
2 Rollers (Coracias garrulus)
8 Bee-eaters (Merops apiaster)
15+ Wood Sandpipers (Tringa glareola), 8 Little Stints (Calidris minuta)
24 Ruffs (Philomachus pugnax)
18 White-winged Black Terns (Chlidonias leucopterus)
1 Pallid Harrier (Circus macrourus), a young female
2 Lesser Kestrels (Falco naummani)
25+ Rock Doves (Columba livia)
1 Tawny Pipit (Anthus campestris)
3 Spotted Flycatchers (Muscicapa striata)
2 Whinchat Shrikes (Lanius serrator), 6+ Lesser Grey Shrikes (L. minor)
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