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Black-throated Diver – 1 offshore at Alykes Wetlands 6 May.
Cattle Egret * – 1 still Kalloni area still to at least 7 May (only five recently accepted records).
Cattle Egret (with Little Egrets), flooded fields by Kalloni Saltpans works entrance, 6 May 2011 © Mike Sveikutis
Dalmatian Pelican –singles Kalloni Saltpans on 5 & 10 May, with four there on 8 May; 1 Mesa 10 May (same as saltpans?).
Griffon Vulture * – 1 Pithariou Reservoir 9 May, 1 Upper Napi Valley 13 May.
Griffon Vulture, Upper Napi Valley, 13 May 2011 © Mike Sveikutis
Booted Eagle – 1 dark phase Tsiknias River 7 May.
Bonelli’s Eagle – 1 Madaros 10 May.
Lesser Spotted Eagle – 1 Napi Valley 6 May.
Black Kite – 1 still Ipsilou area 7 May.
Pallid Harrier – 1 Meladia Valley 8 May.
Baillon’s Crake – 1 Metochi Lake 7-8 May.
Spur-winged Plover - 1 Polichnitos Saltpans 19 May.
Broad-billed Sandpiper – 1 Faneromeni 11 May.
Great Snipe – 1 Kalloni Saltpans 8 May.
Black-winged Pratincole * – 1 reported Kalloni Saltpans 14 May (only several documented records)
Arctic Tern * – 1 Tsiknias River mouth 26 April (only one previous record).
Caspian Gull * – 1 reported Tsiknias River 23 April (no previous records).
Mediterranean Gull – 150 Petra 5-6 May.
Isabelline Wheatear – a migrant bird Kavaki 30 April.
Rufous Bush-robin – 1 Madaros 11 May.
Thrush Nightingale – 1 Kavaki 30 April.
White-throated Robin - fem Ipsilou 13 May.
White-throated Robin, Ipsilou, 13 May 2011 © Wulf & Eva Kappes
Icterine Warbler – 12 Ipsilou 8 May.
River Warbler – 1 Kavaki 11 May.
Marsh Warbler - 1 Polichntos Saltpans 21 May.
Paddyfield Warbler * – the third claim of the spring of one Potamia Valley 6 May (no previous records).
Rose-coloured Starling - reported from 17 May - 40 at Kavaki and up to 20 Tsiknias River 17 May; 30 near Kalloni Saltpans and 20 Napi Valley 20 May; 1 Polichnitos Saltpans 19 May.
Lesser Grey Shrike – 1 Skala Kallonis 5 May (first record of the spring – very late coming in this year)
Also, a Monk Seal seen at Molivos on 3 May and a certain Sperm Whale in Gulf of Kalloni on 8 May.
* = full description required by LBRC or HRC.
Records recently 'withdrawn' - Bar-tailed Godwit, Oriental Pratincoles, Pied Wheatear, Italian Sparrow, Yellowhammer.
