By John Bowers – “this was a day of movement”
1 Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)
15 Little Stints (Calidris minuta) heading for the mouth of the Gulf at 1.00 pm
20 Wood Sandpipers (Tringa glareola)- down in numbers , 32 Ruffs (Philomachus pugnax) arrived at dusk
c100 Turtle Doves had arrived overnight and were drifting up the Gulf in small flocks
29 Bee-eaters (Merops apiaster) flew low N over the Gulf and others were heard moving over high
300 Swifts (Apus apus) and 200 hirundines- mainly Sand and House martins with swallows going north (8-9 am)
2 Citrine Wagtails (Motacilla cintreola), 2 Tree Pipits (Anthus trivialis)
1 Lesser Grey Shrike (Lanius minor), 1 female Red- backed Shrike (L. collurio)
2-3 Black-headed Buntings (Emberiza melanocephala)
1 Montagu’s-f Harrier (Circus pygargus)- a ring-tail
6 Red-footed Falcons (Falco vespertinus) were on the wires-2 at dawn and later another 4 were seen moving NE over Lisvori
1 Eleonora’s Falcon (Falco eleonorae) at 12.00, 1 Hobby (F. subbuteo) in the evening
Lesvos Bird News 