The very basics!
Here are the sites most frequently mentioned in the bird sighting reports. More detalis/sites will be added later.
Find them here in an ALPHABETICAL ORDER.
CENTRAL LESVOS
Areas near Skala Kalloni, Kalloni and Agia Paraskevi as found moving WEST to EAST
MAKARA (find here)
APOTHIKA (find here)
AGIOS IOANNIS (find here)
PARAKILA MARSH (find here)
POTAMIA main road bridge (find here)
KERAMI RESERVOIR (find here)
POTAMIA OLD (HIDDEN) RESERVOIR (find here)
POTAMIA upper area (find here)
METOCHI LAKE (find here)
ENNIA KAMARES WETLAND or CHRISTOU river or WEST river (find here)
SKALA KALLONI MARSH (find here)
Skala Kalloni to the Kalloni Pans TRACK
take it from here
TSIKNIAS RIVER or EAST river
ford (find here)
Tsiknias to Kalloni Pans LOTZARIA TRACK
take it from here (west end) or here (east end)
Mullberry tree here
KALLONI SALT PANS
East side road here
West side road here
SW fields (also called Alykes wetland or Lotzaria) best spot to check is here
SE fields (also called Sheepfields) best spot to check is here– please view from bridge and avoid entering this crucial habitat for migrant and breeding birds!
Pumping station here
Racetrack here
Hide 1 here
Hide 2 here
Hide 3 here
KANTRI MARSH (find here)
KALAMI MARSH general area (find here)
Kalami pool (find here)
Kalami marsh (find here)
MESSA WETLAND general area (find here, a wide area…)
VOUVARIS RIVER BRIDGE (find here)
ACHLADERI FOREST (find here)
MIKRI LIMNI FOREST (find here)
Areas near Polichnitos and Skala Polichnitos
COASTAL ROAD TO POLICHNITOS
take it from here
AGIA FOTIA MARSH/ ACHLADERI COASTAL POOL (find here)
ALYKOUDI MARSH (find here)
POLICHNITOS SALT PANS (find here)
NIFIDA MARSH (find here)
WESTERN LESVOS
KALLONI TO ANTISSA
FILIA TRACK turn here
NOTE: Google maps doesn’t show the new road to Sigri! To find the way to the track turn right after leaving on your left the monastery (Moni Limonos) to find yourself on the old road towards Filia village. Then the track is easy to find after reaching the mast, on your left at the given pin.
VOULGARIS RIVER BRIDGE here
ANTISSA TO SIGRI
IPSILOU MONASTERY
park at hill base here
or drive around on one-way road that starts here
park near monastery here
turn to make round here
PETRIFIED FOREST ROAD (find here)
SIGRI
FANEROMENI AREA
turn here
Upper ford (find here)
Lower ford bridge (find here)
Coastal pool and stream mouth (find here)
ERESSOS TO SIGRI TRACK (via Tsichliontas-Meladia can be taken both ways!)
take it from here , continue here (Eressos end)
or from here (the Sigri end)
Tsichliodas river/ Meladia ford (find here)
Chapel (find here)
Old cheese factory (“Sanatorium”) area (find here)
ERESSOS
SKALA ERESSOS RIVER or PSAROPOTAMOS or CALANDRA (find here)
MESOTOPOS
CHROUSOS
east end, by stream (find here)
west end (find here)
PODARAS (find here)
APOTHIKA CONJUNCTION POOL (find here)
NORTHERN LESVOS
On the way from Kalloni to Petra
AGIA TRIADA (find here)
KALLONI RAPTOR WATCHPOINT (find here)
Areas near Molivos and Petra
KAVAKI (find here)
MOLIVOS RESERVOIR (find here)
RAPTOR WATCHPOINT 1, for Autumn (find here)
RAPTOR WATCHPOINT 2, for Autumn (find here)
EFTALOU TO SKALA SYKAMNIAS COASTAL TRACK
EASTERN LESVOS
Areas near Mitilini
DIPI – LARSSOS REEDBED (find here)
park here
walk down track here
PERAMA MARSH (find here)
HARAMIDA MARSH (find here)
HARAMIDA SHRUBLAND (find here)
Please stay on the road only!
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