Lesvos trip reports

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Those reports with brief details (author and contents) have been submitted to Lesvos Birding. Reports with just dates (no details) are links to other reports I have found on the web.

If you have a trip report on the web please send me the URL and I will link to it (email to: steve at toadsnatcher dot com). Click on the date for the report.

NOTE - if you have a trip report, just send me a Word doc or PDF and I will host alongside many others on my Scribd account. All reports previously hosted by the now defunct Travellingbirder.com have now been either updated to Scribd hosted reports or removed from this list.

22 July 2013
Dirk Ottenburghs (in Dutch)

May 2013
Leo Tukker

27 April - 4 May 2013
Colin Bushell, Ornitholidays

28 April - 5 May 2012
Bob Buckler's report from his Wingspan Bird Tours week

28 April - 5 May 2012
Kev23's BirdForum report from his spring week. Lots of photos.

21 April - 5 May 2012
Howard Vaughan's mega report (166 pages and 18Mb!) with many photos and full species list.

21 April - 5 May 2012 Video 1 | Video 2 | Video 3
Jason Coppock's three videos featuring Lesvos wetlands (1 - 11 min), the west (2 - 8 min) and 'the rest' (10 min). Scenes and birds (no narration, captions or timed running list). List of some species on each clip listed.

7 - 20 July 2011
Doug M's detailed dairy-style BirdForum report with link to pictures.

6 - 8 May 2011
Spyros Skareas (Greece Bird Tours) trip inc. photos.

5 - 9 May 2011

Mick Sway's latest offering from another spring on Lesvos

23 - 30 April 2011
Bob Buckler's report from his Wingspan Bird Tours week

14 - 27 April 2011

Dave Fearn's (CactusD) BirdForum trip report includes lots of cracking photos from his 2-week trip.

14 - 21 April 2011

James Packer's report including some excellent photos and a full species list with details of sightings of the scarcer species.

29 September - 5 October 2010
Report from Huub Don.

16 - 30 July 2010

An excellent report by Birdforum's 'Macswede' from a mid-summer month with lots of excellent photos inc. the islands 7th Terek Sandpiper.

5 - 12 July 2010
Michel Rogg inc. species list.

6 - 13 May 2010

Jeff Hazel's excellent mini-website, Levels Birder on Lesvos, dedicated to his May 2010 trip.

6 - 13 May 2010

Lesvos Birding's Steve Dudley's private week.

2 - 15 May 2010

Mick Sveikutis

30 April - 7 May 2010

Report with photos by Leo Tukker.

29 April - 6 May 2010

Bob Buckler's report from his Wingspan Bird Tours week

29 April - 13 May 2010

A fabulously detailed report by Howard & Andrea Vaughan and Pricille & Neil Preston inc. many photographs.

29 April - 6 May 2010

Steve Dudley trip report and species list for Oliva Rama Tours week.

22 - April 2012

Bob Buckler's report from his Wingspan Bird Tours week

22 - 29 April 2010

Lesvos Birding tour report and species list by Steve Dudley.

10 - 23 April 2010

A report by Didier Bâlon et Alice Burban in French. Very usefully, the species list includes scientific and English names and sites are cross-referenced with A Birdwatching Guide to Lesvos.

17 September - 1 October 2009

Pat & Judy Hayes - full report with photos and species list.

17 - 24 September 2009

Lesvos Birding's Steve Dudley's full report of his Speyside Wildlife holiday week inc. several photos and full species lists.

24 - 31 July 2009

A blog-based report from Archie Archer includes some good summer records and a possible first for the island! Illustrates again that Lesvos can make a great summer family holiday destination.

12 - 19 May 2009

Report from Leo Tukker with photos.

7 - 21 May 2009

Mick & Tina Sveikutis inc. some photos and species list.

7 - 12 May 2009
Report form Mick Sway.

7 - 9 May 2009
A very enjoyable report from Ian Pitt's.

30 April - 7 May 2009

Mike Fox, Sean Murphy & Colin Murphy. Inc. species list.

30 April - 7 May 2009

Bob Buckler

30 April - 6 May 2009

Paul Aubrey

late April - mid-May
Christine Jung (in German)

23 April - 7 May 2009

Ian Kinley & Dave Thexton. Includes annotated species list and some photos.

23 - 30 April 2009

Bob Buckler

23 - 30 April 2009

Honeyguide Wildlife Holidays report (with Rob Lucking)

23 - 30 April 2009

Limosa Holidays trip report.

18 - 24 Sept 2008
Steve Dudley (Lesvos Birding) & Mark Newell spend an autumn week which includes a first record for Lesvos! Some photos.

8 - 15 May 2008
Penny Clarke's energetic and amusing trip report with lots of pics.

1 - 15 May 2008

Pat & Judy Hayes

1 - 15 May 2008
Stephen Rush

1 - 15 May 2008

Mick Sveikutis

1 - 8 May 2008

Limosa Holidays report

1 - 8 May 2008
Steve & Liz Dudley (Lesvosbirding.com)
List of sites visted and species seen. Several photos. (More Lesvos pictures here)

29 April - 6 May 2008

Another report from Lesvos regular Leo Tukker.

24 April - 1 May 2008

Limosa Holidays report.

24 April - 1 May 2008
Steve Dudley (Lesvosbirding.com) & Speyside Wildlife
Detailed trip report and species lists (sorry no pictures see here)

18 - 30 April 2008
A detailed report with photos from Andrew Cunningham

17 - 24 April 2008
Neil Bew's report for the NW Surrey RSPB Group's week they enjoyed with Lesvos Birding

20 - 27 September 2007
Steve & Liz Dudley (Lesvos Birding)
List of sites visted and species seen. Several photos. (More Lesvos pictures here)

20 - 27 September 2007
Honeyguide Wildlife Holidays trip report

21 July - 4 August 2007
Robin Edwards report continues to prove that there is plenty of good birding to be had mid-summer.

15 July - 4 August 2007
David Griffiths and family's second summer on the island again illustrates that good summer birding on Lesvos is there to be had!

12 - 26 July 2007
Another mid-summer report from British birder Mike Pennington.

12 - 19 July 2007
Charlie Kitchin (Cambs)
Brief report and bird list. Charlie illustrates that July can still be rewarding for those combining birding and family summer hols.

10 - 24 May 2007

Mark Halliday inc. some photos.

10 - 17 May 2007
Phil Shepherd

3 - 10 May 2007

Limosa Holidays report.

26 April - 10 May 2007
Steve & Liz Dudley (Lesvos Birding) & Speyside Wildlife
Detailed trip report with many pictures and species lists

26 April - 3 May 2007

Limosa Holidays report.

24 Aug - 1 Sept 2006
David Griffiths and family summer holiday - a rare report for summer months from the island

4 - 11 May 2006

Limosa Holidays report.

27 April - 4 May 2006
Rebecca Nason

20 - 27 April 2006
Steve Dudley (Lesvos Birding) & Speyside Wildlife
Detailed trip report and species lists

17 - 27 April 2006
Rob Lucking/Honeyguide

24 Sept - 1 Oct 2005
Steve Dudley (Lesvos Birding) & Speyside Wildlife
Detailed trip report with many pictures and species lists

12 - 19 June 2005
An excellent report, with photos, from Swedish birder Steve Cherrug at a little visited time of year.

19 May - 2 June 2005
Alan & Rose Saunders

5 - 19 May 2005

Pat & Judy Hayes

5 - 12 May 2005
David & Amanda Mason

28 April - 5 May 2005

Keith Grant & Rebecca Nason / The Travelling Naturalist

27 April - 9 May 2005
Dirk Raes