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Tsiknias River -18/4
(morning visit by A. Christopoulos & F. Theofanopoulos)
1 Night Heron (Nycticorax nicticorax), 1 Little Crake (Porzana parva)
3 Stone Curlews (Burhinus oedicnemus), 54 Wood Sandpipers (Tringa glareola)
Agra-18/4
(mid-day visit with A. Christopoulos & F. Theofanopoulos)
2 Woodlarks (Lullula arborea)
4+ pairs of Isabelline Wheathear (Oenanthe isabelina)
2 male Subalpine Warblers (Sylvia cantillans), 1 Eastern Orphean Warbler (S. crassirostris)
1 Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio)- 1st for this Spring!
3 Woodchat Shrikes (Lanius senator)
2+ pairs of Rock Nuthatch (Sitta neumayer), 2 Rock Sparrows (Petronia petronia)
5+ males Cinereous Bunting (Emberiza cineracea)
2 Short-toed Eagles (Circaetus gallicus), 2 Common Buzzards (Buteo buteo)
2 Eleonora’s Falcons (Falco eleonorae), 1 Peregrine Falcon (F. peregrinus)
Also Black-eared and Northern Wheathears, Crested Larks, Stonechats, Cretzschmar’s Buntings, etc.
Eressos to Tsichliontas River (track towards Sigri)- 19/4
2 White Storks (Ciconia ciconia)
1 Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea), 1 Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides)
1 Chukar (Alectoris chuckar), 3 Turtle Doves (Streptopelia turtur)
6 Whinchats (Saxicola rubetra)
2 singing Great Reed Warblers (Acrocephalus arundinaceus)
2 singing Eastern Orphean Warblers (S. crassirostris)
2 Collared Flycatchers (Ficedula albicollis)
1 Masked Shrike (Lanius nubicus), 3+ pairs of Rock Nuthatch (Sitta neumayer)
1 Sombre Tit (Poecile lugubris) providing to young
2 Lesser Kestrels (Falco naummani), 1 Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus)
Also Cretzschmar’s Buntings, Black-eared Wheathears, Crested Larks, Stonechats, etc.
Agia Paraskevi village (19:15)- 19/4
45+ Purple Herons (Ardea purpurea) flying over towards the north
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