August - latest news

Records from Polichnitos Saltpans and Skala Polichnitou from Terry Robinson (via Ornithotopos). All other records from Pierre Stassin. Earlier August records here. 

 Things hotting up with a Knot (4th record for Lesvos) and two Wrynecks on 23rd.

 31/08
Garganey 1 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Greater Flamingo 155 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Black Stork 2 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Little Egret 7 Polichnitos Saltpans
Black-winged Stilt 49 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Avocet 124 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Common Ringed Plover 1 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Little Ringed Plover 2 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Kentish Plover 14 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Redshank 70 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Marsh Sandpiper 1 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Greenshank 15 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Wood Sandpiper 3 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Common Sandpiper 1 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Little Stint 3 Polichnitos Saltpans
Mediterranean Gull 21 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Sandwich Tern 6 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Hoopoe 1 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Lesser Grey Shrike 1 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Willow Warbler 20 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Whinchat 9 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Northern Wheatear 5 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Tawny Pipit 2 Polichnitos Saltpans 

30/08
Garganey 3 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Greater Flamingo 91 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Black Stork 3 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Great White Egret 1 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Little Egret 7 Polichnitos Saltpans
Montagu's Harrier 1 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Peregrine 1 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Black-winged Stilt 43 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Avocet 123 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Little Ringed Plover 1 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Kentish Plover 8 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Redshank 29 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Greenshank 9 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Common Sandpiper 2 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Little Stint 3 Polichnitos Saltpans
Mediterranean Gull 3 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Sandwich Tern 17 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Common Tern 3 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Little Tern 1 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Lesser Grey Shrike 2 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Willow Warbler 14 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Whinchat 22 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Tawny Pipit 1 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Cretzschmar's Bunting 2 Polichnitos Saltpans


 29/08
Black Stork 1 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Black Kite 4 south over Christou River (Graham Tebb/BirdLife Austria)
Redshank 69 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Marsh Sandpiper 2 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Greenshank 12 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Common Sandpiper 1 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Red-necked Phalarope adult (presumed male) at Kalloni Saltpans present since Monday 27/8 (Graham Tebb/BirdLife Austria)
Slender-billed Gull 1 Kalloni Saltpans (Graham Tebb/BirdLife Austria)
Mediterranean Gull 8 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Red-backed Shrike 1 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Lesser Grey Shrike 2 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Woodchat Shrike 2 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Willow Warbler 22 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Northern Wheatear 2 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Black-eared Wheatear 1 Polichnitos Saltpans
Spotted Flycatcher 1 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Tawny Pipit 1 Polichnitos Saltpans 

28/08
Black Stork 1 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Redshank 44 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Greenshank 12 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Common Sandpiper 2 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Little Stint 14 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Mediterranean Gull 27 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Sandwich Tern 13 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Little Tern 5 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Lesser Grey Shrike 3 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Woodchat Shrike 3 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Willow Warbler 4 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Whinchat 4 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Northern Wheatear 2 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Yellow Wagtail 3 Polichnitos Saltpans 

27/08
Black Stork 1 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Levant Sparrowhawk male Platania (Graham Tebb/BirdLife Austria)
Marsh Sandpiper 5 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Greenshank 12 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Little Stint 22 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Curlew Sandpiper 4 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Broad-billed Sandpiper 2 Kalloni Saltpans &amp (Graham Tebb/BirdLife Austria) 
Black-tailed Godwit 1 Kalloni Saltpans (Graham Tebb/BirdLife Austria)
Mediterranean Gull 43 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Sandwich Tern 16 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Little Tern 10 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Roller 1 Kalloni Saltpans (Graham Tebb/BirdLife Austria)
Red-backed Shrike 2 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Lesser Grey Shrike 2 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Woodchat Shrike 2 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Willow Warbler 7 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Whinchat 5 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Northern Wheatear 1 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Spotted Flycatcher 3 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Yellow Wagtail 2 Polichnitos Saltpans 


26/08
Garganey 2 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Griffon Vulture 1 Ipsilou (Heinrich Frotscher)
Little Stint 34 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Broad-billed Sandpiper 3 Kalloni Saltpans & 1 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Ruff 1 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Mediterranean Gull 52 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Little Tern 18 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Nightjar 1 Skala Polichnitou  
Turtle Dove 1 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Kingfisher 1 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Woodchat Shrike 5 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Red-rumped Swallow 1Polichnitos Saltpans 
House Martin 2 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Stonechat 1 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Northern Wheatear 6 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Masked Shrike 1 Potamia Valley
Cretzschmar's Bunting 4 Potamia Valley 


25/08
Garganey 5 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Teal 15 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Black Stork 17 Metochi 
Little Egret 33 Metochi 
Great White Egret 2 Metochi 
Marsh Harrier 1 Kalloni Saltpans
Common Ringed Plover 1 Kalloni Saltpans
Broad-billed Sandpiper 3 Kalloni Saltpans &amp (Graham Tebb/BirdLife Austria) 
Dunlin 1 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Curlew 1 Kalloni Saltpans
Nightjar 2 Skala Polichnitou  
Common Nightingale 1 Skala Polichnitou  
Orphean Warbler 1 Kalloni Saltpans
Yellow Wagtail 4 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Cretzschmar's Bunting 4 Polichnitos Saltpans 


24/08
Garganey 1 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Black Stork 1 Polichnitos Saltpans
Greater Flamingo 1 Polichnitos Saltpans
Black Kite 1 Ipsilou
Marsh Harrier 1 Polichnitos Saltpans
Montagu's Harrier 1 Polichnitos Saltpans & 1 Ipsilou
Lesser Kestrel 3 Ipsilou
Common Redshank 51 Polichnitos Saltpans
Marsh Sandpiper 2 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Common Greenshank 12 Polichnitos Saltpans 
KNOT 1 Polichnitos Saltpans (only 4th record for Lesvos)
Little Stint 19 Polichnitos Saltpans
Curlew Sandpiper 1 Polichnitos Saltpans
Ruff 1 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Mediterranean Gull 28 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Sandwich Tern 27 Polichnitos Saltpans
Turtle Dove 3 Polichnitos Saltpans
Lesser Grey Shrike 1 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Willow Warbler 8 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Northern Wheatear 4 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Isabelline Wheatear 3 Ipsilou
Black-eared Wheatear 10+ Ipsilou
Whinchat 1 Ipsilou
Spotted Flycatcher 1 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Yellow Waghtail 4 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Cretzschmar's Bunting 10 Polichnitos Saltpans 

 23/08
Black Stork 16 Metochi Lake
Little Egret 27 Metochi Lake
Great White Egret 1 Metochi Lake & 1 Kalloni Saltpans
Little Bittern 1 adult Metochi Lake
Greater Flamingo 6 coulour ringed read Kalloni Saltpans
White Pelican 1 first calendar year Kalloni Saltpans
Stone-curlew 1 Kalloni Saltpans
Pied Avocet 1350 Kalloni Saltpans
Common Redshank 50+ Kalloni Saltpans
Wood Sandpiper 2 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Common Sandpiper 3 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Little Stint 33 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Black Stork 14 Kalloni Saltpans
Eurasian Curlew 1 Kalloni Saltpans
Dunlin 1 adult intermediate Kalloni Saltpans
Mediterranean Gull 41 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Nightjar 2 Skala Polichnitou 
Wryneck 2 caught and ringed at Skala Polichnitou (Terry Robinson) - photos here
Lesser Grey Shrike 3 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Tawny Pipit 1 Polichnitos Saltpans 

 22/08
Slender-billed Gull 1 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Whiskered Tern 1 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Red-backed Shrike 2 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Whinchat 10 Polichnitos Saltpans 

 21/08
Garganey 8 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Montagu's Harrier 1 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Sandwich Tern 14 Polichnitos Saltpans (Pierre Stassin)
Dunlin 1 Polichnitos Saltpans (Pierre Stassin)
Common Sandpiper 3 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Whiskered Tern 1 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Red-backed Shrike 1 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Lesser Grey Shrike 2 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Whinchat 6 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Northern Wheatear 6 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Cretzschmar's Bunting 2 Polichnitos Saltpans 

 20/08
Garganey 12 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Common Teal 1 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Montagu's Harrier 1 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Marsh Sandpiper 1 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Common Sandpiper 6 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Barn Owl 1 heard in Skala Kallonis
Common Swift 4 Gavathas
Alpine Swift 1 Gavathas
Short-toed Eagle 5 Gavathas
Whinchat 1 Gavathas
Willow Warbler 4 Gavathas
Eleonora's Falcon 1 dark phase Gavathas
Turtle Dove 22 Gavathas
Long-legged Buzzard 1 Gavathas
Great White Egret 4 Kalloni salt pans
Common Tern 9 Tsiknias river 

 19/08
Garganey 6 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Common Teal 3 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Green Sandpiper 3 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Alpine Swift 1 Skala Kallonis

 18/08
Garganey 5 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Common Teal 4 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Scopoli's Shearwater 1 off shore Molivos
Yelkouan Shearwater 1 off shore Molivos
Short-toed Eagle 1 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Crag Martin 5 Molivos
Black Stork 28 Metochi Lake
Great White Egret 1 Metochi Lake
Night-heron 5 Metochi Lake
Bee-eater at least 60 Metochi Lake
Little Grebe 19 Potamia reservoir

 17/08
Garganey 8 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Little Tern 1 Tsiknias river
Sandwich Tern 28 (max count for month) Polichnitos Saltpans 
Great White Egret 1 Kalloni salt pans
Flamingo at least 740 Kalloni salt pans
Corn Bunting at least 50 Kalloni salt pans
Little Stint at least 30 Kalloni salt pans
Eurasian Curlew 1 Kalloni salt pans
Cretzschmar's Bunting 25 (max count for month) Polichnitos Saltpans 

16/08
Garganey 9 Polichnitos Saltpans 
Wood Sandpiper 1 Polichnitos Saltpans
Mediterranean Gull 57 (max count for month) Polichnitos Saltpans 
Scops Owl 1 Soumouria (Kalloni mini soccer pitch)
Long-tailed Tit +/- 15 Ag. Taxiarchis
Sombre Tit 1 Ag. Taxiarchis
Red-rumped Swallow 5-6 Ag. Taxiarchis
Short-toed Eagle 1 Ag. Taxiarchis
Rock Nuthatch 2 Ag. Taxiarchis
Middle Spotted Woodpecker 1 Ag. Taxiarchis

 15/08
Green Sandpiper 2 Polichnitos Saltpans 




Broad-billed Sandpiper 1 Polichnitos Saltpans 



Long-legged Buzzard 1 Kalloni salt pans
Krupers Nuthatch 1 Achladeri forest
Cinereous Bunting 1 adult feeding 1 young Ag. Ioannis
Blue Rock-thrush 1 pair Ag. Ioannis
Rock Nuthatch 2 Ag. Ioannis
Sombre Tit 1 adult feeding 1 young Ag. Ioannis
Stonechat 1 Ag. Ioannis
Black-eared Wheatear 2 Ag. Ioannis

14/08
Great White Egret 1 Kalloni salt pans
Dalmatian Pelican 1 imm Kalloni salt pans
Stone-curlew 2 Christou riverTemminck Stint  1 Kalloni salt pans Bee-eater 5 Metochi lake


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