Ruppell’s Warbler (E. Galinou)
A week with south winds full of Sahara dust and temperatures to reach 25 degrees.
CENTRAL LESVOS
SKALA KALLONI MARSH
(Apr 4, E. Galinou)
Barn Swallow 40
Red-rumped Swallow 2
Great Reed Warbler 1
Nightingale 1 (Apr 4, Thomas via Observado)
Common Swift 10
Little Grebe 2
Water Rail 2
KALLONI SALT PANS (Apr 4)
NW corner pan (Hide no 3)
Black-tailed Godwit 8
Little Ringed Plover 1
Marsh Sandpiper 16
Ruff 300+
Black-winged Stilt 36, Pied Avocet 65
Gull-billed Tern 51 (1st 5 reported on April 2, Tanner Coleman)
South parts of pans
Ruff 250+
SW fields
Black Stork 15, White Stork 1
Glossy Ibis 23
Great White Egret 3, Grey Heron 1
Little White Egret 26
Great Spotted Cuckoo 1
Yellow Wagtail 50-60 roosting on tamarisk bush
Pool at SW corner (behind buildings)
Common Shelduck 1
Spur-winged Plover 2 (also seen and photographed on Apr 6, E. Marmarou))
Wood Sandpiper 6
Yellow Wagtail 4
MESSA WETLAND
(Apr 6, Mirsini Kladogeni)
Ferruginous Duck 1
Little Crake 1
WESTERN LESVOS
SKALA ERESSOS
(Apr 3- 6, Steve Bird)
Hoopoe 1
Stonechat 3+, 1st fledgling of this year!
Also seen and photographed: Cirl and Corn Buntings, Northern and Black-eared Wheatear
SIGRI
(April 6, Michael Bakas)
Petrified Forest park road
Chukar 1
Cretzschmar’s Bunting 1
Northern & Black-eared Wheatears
Wood Sandpiper 1, at small pool by the road
EASTERN LESVOS
DIPI – LARSSOS REEDBED
(Apr 6, am)
Ruddy Shelduck 2, Mallard 3
Pygmy Cormorant 1
Purple Heron 1
Grey Heron 2, Little White Egret 4
Marsh Harrier 2
Common Buzzard 2, Sparrowhawk 2
Waterail 2
Little Ringed Plover 1
Green Sandpiper 1
Barn Swallow 120 as waking up after a night in the reeds
Great Reed Warbler 2+
Sedge Warbler 5+
Reed Warbler 5+, a recapture of a bird from Hungary!
Savi’s Warbler 1
Zitting Cisticola 1
HARAMIDA MARSH (Apr 7)
Savi’s Warbler 1
Marsh Harrier 1
Coots, Moorhens and Little Grebes heard
HARAMIDA SHRUBS (Apr 7)
Black-eared Wheatear 2
Ruppell’s Warbler 4 singing males
Sub-alpine Warbler 1 singing male
Sardinian Warbler 5 singing males
Lesser Whitethroat 1 (Apr 1, Valerie Karameta-Triboulot)
Woodchat Shrike 1 (Apr 1, Valerie Karameta-Triboulot)
Cretzschmar’s Bunting 4
LOUTRA VILLAGE (Apr 7)
Laughing Dove 6-7, one female on nest
Find the spots to search for them here or a bit further up here
Also several Barn Swallows, House Martins, Common Swifts, Collared Doves, House Sparrows
Sites under report
CENTRAL LESVOS
Kalloni Gulf north and east coastal wetlands
EASTERN LESVOS
Dipi reedbed, Haramida marsh & shrubland, Loutra village
WESTERN LESVOS
Skala Eressos, Petrified Forest Park road (Sigri)
People reporting
Steve Bird, Efterpi Marmarou, Mirsini Kladogeni, Tanner Coleman, Valerie Karameta- Triboulot, Michael Bakas, Eleni Galinou
Sources
LESVOS BIRD NEWS 
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