Golden Orioles (Ron Macdonald))
A day after a night storm, with wind, light rain and cold (14 degrees) in the west until early afternoon. With several Golden Orioles (west), Montague’s harriers & Red-footed Falcons (all-over), the first incoming Little Bitterns and two Cattle Egrets around. And a mega of a Richard’s Pipit!
I am looking at the cover photo of Golden Oriole’s all day…
Find here the HIGHLIGHTS of birds reported and check for more common birds on the LINKS at the end of the post.
CENTRAL LESVOS
MAKARA
Little Bittern 1
Long-legged Buzzard 1
METOCHI LAKE
Squacco Heron 1
Little Crake 2
Yellow Wagtail & hirundine 100s
Osprey 1
Hobby 1
Montague’s Harrier 1
ENNIA KAMARES (CHRISTOU) RIVER
Cattle Egret 1
Red-footed Falcon 1, m
Zitting Cisticola 4
SKALA KALLONI
Bee-eater 15, am
TSIKNIAS RIVER
Spur-winged Plover 2 (east side)
Temminck’s Stint 2
Little Gull 1
TSIKNIAS RIVER TO KALLONI PANS TRACK
Black-headed Bunting 1, singing m
KALLONI SALT PANS
pans
Spoonbill 1
(from hide 3)
Black Tern 5
White-winged Tern 2
Spotted Redshank 10
Greenshank 30
west fields
Red-throated Pipit 2
Tawny Pipit 3
Greater Short-toed Lark 2
SW fields
Caspian Tern 1
Purple Heron 1
Squacco Heron 1
Montague’s Harrier 1, ringtail
Hen Harrier 1, ringtail
Red-footed Falcon 2, m+f
Short-toed Eagle 1
Red-throated Pipit 4
KALAMI MARSH (west end of Messa wetland)
Pygmy Cormorant 3
WESTERN LESVOS
SKALA ERESSOS & RIVER
Glossy Ibis 32
Little Bittern 1
Cattle Egret 1
Black Stork 1
Turtle Dove 10
Hoopoe 3
Alpine Swift 2
Pallid Swift 2
Tawny Pipit 1 (beach)
Red-backed Shrike 8
Redstart 1
Collared, Pied and Spotted Flycatchers
ERESSOS TO SIGRI TRACK
Ortolan Bunting 1
in valley
Roller 1
Golden Oriole 8
Semi-collared Flycatcher 1 (by Ivo Walsmit)
Montague’s Harrier 1
at chapel
Richard’s Pipit 1 by Andrian Jordi
Wood Warbler 5
Pied, Collared and Spotted Flycatchers and Yellow Wagtails
FANEROMENI
what-a-day!!
Glossy Ibis 1 (upper ford)
Yelkouan Swearwaters 100+, sea
Scopoli’s Swearwaters 2+, sea
Roller 1
Hoopoe 5+
Bee-eater 100+
Yellow Wagail 400+
Fall of Lesser Whitethroats & Blackcaps
Eastern Bonelli’s Warbler 1
Wood Warbler 2+
Thrush Nightingale 1, singing male
Collared, Pied and Spotted Flycatchers
Redstart 2
Red-backed Shrike 10+
Spannish Sparrow 500+
Golden Oriole 22+
Osprey 2
Montague’s Harrier 2, 1 male
Red-footed Falcon 5, 1 male
Hobby 2
Lesser Kestrel 1, m
IPSILOU MONASTERY
In clouds most all morning
Wood Warblers, Pied Flycatchers
Long-legged Buzzard 1
NORTHERN LESVOSKAVAKI
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EASTERN LESVOS
HARAMIDA SHRUBLAND
Ruppell’s Warbler 2, singing male
Sites reported for the day (see links below)
CENTRAL LESVOS
Makara, Metochi Lake, Ennia Kamares (Christou), Tsiknias river, Kalloni Salt Pans, Kalami and rest of Messa wetland
NORTHERN LESVOS
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EASTERN LESVOS
Haramida shrubland
WESTERN LESVOS
Ipsilou Monastery, Psaropotamos river (Skala Eressos), Skala Eressos, Eressos to Sigri track (Meladia)
Find all mentioned sites here!
People reporting
Steve Bird (Eressos based), Steve Bird, Killian Mullarney, Derrick Robinson, Howard Vaughan, Kevin Hazelgrove, Andrew Whitehouse, Ron Macdonald, Ivo Walsmit, Karin Langenberg, Holly Page, Raymond De Smet, Mark Boyd, Gavin Bieber, Phil Gower, Dimitris Vouros, Ian Mc Lean, Hans Raijmaekers, Geoff Barter, Paul Manning, Jeff Bailey, Elen Stedman, Elen Walsh, Moira Gelderman, Eleni Galinou
22 people on WhatsApp!
Sources/ Links
eBird (65+ checklists)
Observado (Observation) (observations from 4 sites in the West)
LESVOS BIRD NEWS 
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