As recorded until Sunday, March 24, 2024
1 – CENTRAL LESVOS
POTAMIA (HIDDEN) RESERVOIR
Common Pochard 2 (Mar 24, Stylianos Zannetos), a species that is rarely seen on Lesvos…
KALLONI SQUARE
1 White Stork was found wounded on one wing and sent to Anima, the Athens Wildlife Hospital (Mar 23, Evengelia Serbou)
TSIKNIAS RIVER (Mar 23)
Purple Heron 1 (Mirsini Kladogeni)
KALLONI SALT PANS
(South fields, find here)
Ruddy Shelduck 40+ (Mar 20)
Ferrugineous Duck 8, in sea below pans (Mar 23, Jack Coleman)
Black Stork 3, 1 of them imm. (Mar 20), 4 (Mar 23, Tanner Coleman)
White Egret 5, Little W Egret 7
Glossy Ibis 1 (Mar 23, Jack Coleman), 10 (Mar 24, Michael Bakas)
Ruff 100-150 (Mar 24, T. Akriotis)
Mediterranean Gull 110 (Mar 20)
Marsh Harrier 1, Hen Harrier 1 (Mar 20)
Great Spotted Cuckoo 2 (Mar 20, 23 & 24!!, Jack Coleman, Michael Bakas, Mirsini Kladogeni, Stylianos Zannetos, E. Galinou)
Meadow Pipit 3
Eurasian Skylark 5
Barn Swallow 120 feeeding over S field ponds (Mar 20)
Northern Wheatear 2 (Mar 24, Stylianos Zannetos)
Zitting Cisticola 3
MESSA WETLAND (find here)
Garganey 70-90 (Mar 23, Giorgis Laskaridis)
Also present: Flamingos, Common Shelducks 20+ and 1 Black Stork (Mar 23, Michael Bakas).
2 – WESTERN LESVOS
SKALA ERESSOS
Laughing Dove 1, in village center (Mar 23, Steve Bird)
PSAROPOTAMOS (Mar 20) find here
(Skala Eressos river)
Red-rumped Swallow 1
Common Swift 1
PYTHARIOU RESERVOIR (find here)
Garganey 17 (Mar 21, Steve Bird)
ERESSOS TO SIGRI TRACK (Mar 20)
(via Tsichliontas-Meladia)
Meadow Pipit 3
Barn Swallow 60
Robin 2, Black Redstart 3
Eastern Sub-alpine Warbler 1
Rock Nuthatch 2
Rock Sparrow 3
Cretzschmar’s Bunting 3, singing males
It was very interesting to see the common overwintering species side by side to the Cretzschmar’s Buntings…
The track is in good condition except 2 difficult spots when going up towards Sigri that need careful/ slow driving.
FANEROMENI
Green Sandpiper 1 (Mar 20)
Woodchat Shrike 1 (Mar 24, Stylianos Zannetos)
ROAD TO PETRIFIED FOREST (Mar 20)
Northern Wheatear 1
Isabelline Wheatear 3
Long-legged Buzzard 1
3 – NORTHERN LESVOS
IPSILOMETOPO village area
Black-eared Wheatear 1, male (Mar 23, Moira Gelderman)
4 – EASTERN LESVOS
MITILINI TOWN
Common Swift 20 (Mar 22)
DIPI – LARSSOS REEDBED (Mar 22 & 23)
Ruddy Shelduck 3, Mallard 3
Garganey 8 (Mar 22)
Osprey 1, pm (Mar 22)
Marsh Harrier 3
Peregrine Falcon 1 (Mar 23)
Common Swift 2 (Mar 23)
Waterail 3
Common Swift 2 (Mar 23)
Barn Swallow 4 came to roost in the reeds (Mar 22)
Red-rumped Swallow 2 (Mar 23)
House Martin 25 (Mar 23)
Moustashed Warbler, 2 ringed
Reed Warbler 2 ringed
Sedge Warbler 3 ringed
Eurasian Penduline Tit 2 (Mar 23)
LAMPOU MILLI (Mitilini to Kalloni main road)
Short-toed Eagle 2 (Mar 23, Tanner Coleman)
PLOMARI
Short-toed Εagle 1 (Μαρ 23, Vangelis Lagoutaris)
Sites under report
1 – CENTRAL LESVOS
Kalloni Gulf north & central coastal wetlands & Kalloni
2 – WESTERN LESVOS
Psaropotamos river (Skala Eressos), Skala Eressos, Eressos to Sigri track (Tsichliontas valley) and Faneromeni (Sigri)
3 – NORTHERN LESVOS
Ipsilometopo area
4 – EASTERN LESVOS
Dipi reedbed & Mitilini town
Plomari
People reporting
Steve Bird, Efterpi Marmarou, Jack & Tanner Coleman, Moira Gelderman, Mirsini Kladogeni, Michael Bakas, Giorgis Laskaridis, Filios Akriotis, Evangelia Serbou, Penelope Tragellis, Vangelis Lagoutaris, Stylianos (Stelios) Zannetos, Eleni Galinou
Sources
LESVOS BIRD NEWS 
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