I went around Western Lesvos on March 10 together with Lefteris Kakalis on a full-day trip we enjoyed greatly: perfect weather and very first spring migrant sightings!
Our favourite sighting of the day was to find a male and female ISABELLINE WHEATEAR (Oenanthe isabellina) displaying at their territory-we spent much time at the spot enjoying a pair of SOMBRE TITS (Poecile lugubris) building their nest. At the end of the day we were able to spring-tick all three species of Wheatears that breed on Lesvos, spotting single males of Northern and Black-eared Wheatears (Oenanthe oenanthe, O. hispanica).
We also found two different males of SUB-ALPINE WARBLER (Sylvia cantillans) singing at their territories and a sinlge male BLACK-HEADEAD WAGTAIL (Motacilla flava feldeg). Tsicliontas River mouth (river between Sigri and Eressos) gave 1 passing immature DALMATIAN PELICAN (Pelecanus crispus) together with two WHITE STORKS (Ciconia ciconia) coming out of the sea and circling high up to gain height above us.
We were able to find 62 different bird species- find the bird list of the day here.
Lesvos Bird News 
Wonderful sounds like a lovely day! Beautiful pic of the wheatear. Love the False Apollo as well. It looks like Spring is in full swing now. Is that early or normal? I hope there will be some Springtime activity left when I visit, a month from now…
It was generally a very mild winter and things seem to be a little early, at least for resident organisms!!