Lesvos BIRD NEWS

Eleonora’s Falcon (Michael Sveikutis) Find here the HIGHLIGHTS of bird sightings and check for more common birds on the LINKS at the end of the post. The island is packed with shrikes (Red-backed being the most numerous) and Eleonora’s falcons are now being seen as flyovers regularly. Many flycathers are around the western parts.…

Great Snipe (Ron Macdonald) Find here the HIGHLIGHTS of bird sightings and check for more common birds on the LINKS at the end of the post. A Great Snipe (Gallinago media) popped up, and in the West, Levant Sparrowhawks (Accipiter brevipes) had a noteble passage and so had Lesser Grey and Red-backed Shrikes! Not…

Collared Pratincole (Phil Gower) Find here the HIGHLIGHTS of bird sightings and check for more common birds on the LINKS at the end of the post. CENTRAL LESVOS POTAMIA HIDDEN POOL Lesser Grey Shrike 2 METOCHI LAKE Purple Heron 2 Little Bittern 1 Squacco Heron 3 Little Crake 1+ Alpine Swift 2 Peregrine Falcon…