Lesvos BIRD NEWS

Giorgis Laskaridis doesn’t go out birding very often. But when he does he is back with rare bird sightings! He found a flock of 8 Red-breasted Pochards (Netta rufina) in the sea below the Kalloni Pans and also a single male in Messa wetland, on 4/12/18! None of the rest local…

On November 17 morning, as counting the Kalloni Salt Pans birds far up from my usual hilltop I was thrilled to spot a White-tailed Eagle. It was rather easy as the whole of the present birds in the pans (even the Pelicans!!) were scared and flying around- an amazing thing…

Alan Troyer, a visiting birder from the US, photographed this Laughing Dove (Streptopelia senegalensis) in Panagiouda, just north of Mitilini, among Collared Doves. A rare-bird sighting form was sent to the Greek Rarities Committe for this sighting. The weather was very harsh the following days and none of the local…