29 April - White-throated Robin performs again!

The White-throated Robin performed well this evening much to the delight of many. Two potential firsts for the island reported today - a sandplover species and Red-throated Diver. Another Booted Eagle, the wandering Griffon and an arrival of bush-robins complete what was otherwise a hard, hot day. Day time temperatures now daily in high 20Cs and already 30C recorded. Water levels dropping very quickly with the Alykes Wetlands now holding very little water and virtually not birds!

Petrified Forest

WHITE-THROATED ROBIN

One male seen well this morning c.07.30 - 08.00. No sign of any birds throughout day, but one male again 18.00 onwards. 

We now have confirmation that we have two males and a female robin in the park. The males are holding territory close to one another and a female has been seen with the male near the concrete building. We are now treating this as a breeding attempt. Please therefore view only from the road and not from within the park to avoid disturbing them.

I've been told that the police are aware of misbehaviour here, including the use of recordings (illegal here) and are now going to be making patrols of the area, especially when the park is closed, to ensure that no one is using recordings or harassing the birds now they are presumed to be breeding. Please be sure to pass this message around.

It also means they are expected to hang around! Which is good news to those arriving today and next week.

Petrified Forest (cont)

GRIFFON VULTURE 1

Montagu's Harrier r/t

Ortolan Bunting 1

Skala Kallonis

Sandplover sp - adult reported on beach 100m east of harbour side tavernas and cafes. Flew on to marsh between Environmental Centre and Tsiknias River. No previous accepted records of any sand plover species on Lesvos.

Red-throated Diver 2 reported off Christou River mouth. No previous accepted records.

Kalloni Raptor Watchpoint

Booted Eagle 1

Levant Sparrowhawk 1

Ipsilou

Levant Sparrowhawk 2

Red-footed Falcon 7

Golden Oriole 3

Sigri & Faneromeni area

Semicollared Flycatcher 1 (lower ford)

Thrush Nightingale (upper ford)

Honey-buzzard 2

Collared Flycatcher 12

Pied Flycatcher 4

Lesser Grey Shrike 1

Red-backed Shrike 10

Woodchat Shrike 8

Little Bittern 1

Night-heron 1

Yelkouan Shearwater 300+

Tavari

Roller 1

Konditsia Valley

Bee-eater 12

Scopoli's Shearwater 30+

Makara

Bee-eater 6

Temminck's Stint 3

Golden Oriole several

Mt Ordimnos

Montagu's Harrier ad fem

Bee-eater 2

Lardia

Levant Sparrowhawk 1

Eastern Bonelli's Warbler 2

Achalderi

Kruper's Nuthatch - female incubating and male visiting infrequently, expect to wait!

Kalloni Saltpans & Alykes Wetlands

Rufous Bush-robin 2 in bech tamarisks (view from shoreline, please don't walk through bushes)

Collared Pratincole 5

Red-footed Falcon 2

Garganey 1

Curlew Sandpiper

Eurasian Curlew 3

Oystercatcher 1

Tsiknias River

Squacco Heron 2

Metochi Lake

Squacco Heron 35

Night-heron 23

Little Crake 5

Kavaki

Ruppell's Warbler showing very well

Bee-eater 6

Papiana

Scops Owl 

Long-eared Owl  nest with 3 young (same site as 2012) - adult not seen today.

Soumouria 'Scops Copse'

Scops Owl - several. Please do not harass the birds!

28 April - Common Rock-thrush and Great Spotted Cuckoos

Female Common Rock-thrush, Ipsilou, 28 April 2013 
(Monticola saxatilis) Πυροκότσυφας © Steve Dudley

A female Common Rock-Thrush was the star find today at Ipsilou. White-throated Robins were seen first thing then not again until late evening. Five Great Spotted Cuckoos is possibly an island record count. Raptors included the wandering Griffon Vulture, single Lesser Spotted Eagle, Black Kite and Levant Sparrowhawk. Migrant passerines few and far between.

Petrified Forest

WHITE-THROATED ROBIN

Two males this morning c.06.30 - 07.30. No sign of any birds throughout day, but one male again 18.30. 

We now have confirmation that we have two males and a female robin in the park. The males are holding territory close to one another and a female has been seen with the male near the concrete building. We are now treating this as a breeding attempt. Please therefore view only from the road and not from within the park to avoid disturbing them.

I've been told that the police are aware of misbehaviour here, including the use of recordings (illegal here) and are now going to be making patrols of the area, especially when the park is closed, to ensure that no one is using recordings or harassing the birds now they are presumed to be breeding. Please be sure to pass this message around.

It also means they are expected to hang around! Which is good news to those arriving today and next week.

Ipsilou

COMMON ROCK-THRUSH female
Black Kite 1

Kavaki

LESSER SPOTTED EAGLE 1
Ruppell's Warbler showing very well

Kalloni Raptor Watchpoint

GRIFFON VULTURE 1
Levant Sparrowhawk 1
Eleanora's Falcon 1

Faneromeni

Great Spotted Cuckoo ad & 2CY (western fields)
Wryneck 1 (lower ford)
Roller 2 (1 main track and 1 western fields)
Red-throated Pipit 5 (cut hay field on beach road)
Lesser Grey Shrike 2
Golden Oriole 1
Collared Flycatcher 1

Achalderi

Great Spotted Cuckoo 2
Roller 1

Perasma

Great Spotted Cuckoo 1

Kalloni Saltpans & Alykes Wetlands

Spur-winged Plover 2
Purple Heron 12
Collard Pratincole 2
Gull-billed Tern 1

Tsiknias River

Temminck's Stint 3

Petri

Black Kite 1

Metochi Lake

Night-heron 8
Little Crake 1

Petrifies Forest

Barred Warbler

Papiana

Scops Owl 
Long-eared Owl adult at nest with 3 young (same site as 2012)

Soumouria 'Scops Copse'

Scops Owl - several. Please do not harass the birds!

27 April - White-throated Robin breeding!

White-throated Robin, Petrified Forest, April 2013 

(Irania gutturalis) Λευκόλαιμο Αηδόνι 

© Steve Dudley

South westerly winds saw a small movement of raptors in the morning, but high afternoon temperatures (29C) soon curtailed most bird activity until the evening.

Petrified Forest

WHITE-THROATED ROBIN

Two males showed on and off throughout the morning from the road overlooking the square concrete building. 

We now have confirmation that we have two males and a female robin in the park. The males are holding territory close to one another and a female has been seen with the male near the concrete building. We are now treating this as a breeding attempt. Please therefore view only from the road and not from within the park to avoid disturbing them.

I've been told that the police are aware of misbehaviour here, including the use of recordings (illegal here) and are now going to be making patrols of the area, especially when the park is closed, to ensure that no one is using recordings or harassing the birds now they are presumed to be breeding. Please be sure to pass this message around.

It also means they are expected to hang around! Which is good news to those arriving today and next week.

SEMICOLLARED FLYCATCHER female

Lesser Kestrel 52 over

Black-headed Bunting - several

Collared Flycatcher male

Golden Oriole male

Red-backed Shrike 2

Between Antissa and Ipsilou

Black Kite 4

Levant Sparrowhawk 3

Red-footed Falcon 14

Eleanora's Falcon 3

Ipsilou

GRIFFON VULTURE 1

Black Kite 2

Red-footed Falcon 4

Red-breasted Flycatcher male

Kalloni Saltpans & Alykes Wetlands

Gull-billed Tern 3

Purple Heron 3

Squacco Heron 5

Glossy Ibis 5

Marsh Sandpiper 1

Common Ringed Plover 3

Red-throated Pipit 5

Black-headed Bunting 10

Tsiknias River

Mediterranean Gull 9

Squacco Heron 6

Black-headed Bunting several

Potamia River

Purple Heron 2

Squacco Heron 1

Platania 

Golden Oriole 2

Metochi Lake

Night-heron 9

Little Bittern 7

Little Crake 5

Squacco Heron 3

Great Reed Warbler 2

Golden Oriole 2

Kavaki

Ruppell's Warbler showing very well

Papiana

Scops Owl 

Long-eared Owl adult at nest with 3 young (same site as 2012)

Soumouria 'Scops Copse'

Scops Owl - several. Please do not harass the birds!

26 April - Rollers galore!

No news on the White-throated Robins today but a day of Rollers! The Griffon Vulture toured the west again and was enjoyed by many.

Petrified Forest

WHITE-THROATED ROBIN

No news today but late news from yesterday, one bird seen late evening.

Faneromeni & SIgri area

SEMICOLLARED FLYCATCHER 2 males

SPUR-WINGED PLOVER 1

GRIFFON VULTURE 1 (also seen Lardia Valley & Ipsilou)

Eleanora's Falcon 1

Pallid Harrier 2CY

Montagu's Harrier 2CY

Roller 15 - inc. flock of 12

Purple Heron 15

Glossy Ibis 5

Lesser Grey Shrike 4

Golden Oriole 

Spotted Redshank 1

Black-headed Buntings

Ipsilou

GRIFFON VULTURE 1 (also seen Lardia Valley & Sigri)

Eastern Bonelli's Warbler

Lardia Valley

GRIFFON VULTURE 1 (also seen Ipsilou and Sigri)

Kalloni Saltpans & Alykes Wetlands

Pallid Harrier 2CY

Quail 2

Red-footed Falcon 2

Whiskered Tern 3

Glossy Ibis 33

Red-throated Pipit 32

Black-headed Buntings

Zitting Cisticola 

Oystercatcher 1

Great Crested Grebe 2

Tsiknias River

Little Bittern 6

White-winged Black Tern 4

Black-headed Buntings

Meladia Valley

Roller 4

Ortolan Bunting 2

Black-headed Buntings

Napi Valley

Roller 3

Polichnitos Saltpans

Roller 2

Marsh Sandpiper 1

Red-footed Falcon 1

Black-headed Bunting

Meldia Valley

Black-headed Bunting 2

Roller 1

Night-heron 3

Sigri Old Sanotorium

Wood Warbler 1

Metochi Lake

Little Bittern 4

Little Crake 4

Mesa

Garganey 3

Kavaki

Ruppell's Warbler showing very well

Papiana

Scops Owl 

Long-eared Owl adult at nest with 3 young (same site as 2012)

Soumouria 'Scops Copse'

Scops Owl - several. Please do not harass the birds!

25 April - Rollers and reports of Blue-cheeked Bee-eater and Richards Pipit

Black Stork, Tsiknias River, 25 April 2013 

(Ciconia nigra) Μαύρος Πελαργός 

© Steve Dudley

Sorry about the update disappearing. It loaded last night but for some reason it was thrown out during the day!

No news on the White-throated Robins today, but Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (13 previous records) and Richard's Pipit (no records). Two Booted Eagles and a Black Kite also see, along with more Rollers.

Petrified Forest

WHITE-THROATED ROBIN

No news today

Skala Kallonis

BLUE-CHEEKED BEE-EATER

1 reported near the Imerti Hotel this morning.

Tsiknias River

RICHARD'S PIPIT

1 reported on track to Lotzaria/Saltpans this morning.

Ferruginous Duck pr between river mouth and ford

Roller 1

Mediterranean Gull 4

Squacco Heron 2

Perasma Reservoir

Booted Eagle 1

Eleanora's Falcon 2

Red-footed Falcon 2

Bee-eater 35

Ipsilou

Booted Eagle 1

Eastern Bonelli's Warbler

Kalloni Saltpans & Alykes Wetlands

Pallid Harrier 2CY x2

Montagu's Harrier male

Whiskered Tern 17

White-winged Black Tern 1

Gull-billed Tern 13

Purple Heron 3

Squacco Heron 9

Temminck's Stint 4

Curlew Sandpiper 29

Eurasian Curlew 1

Oystercatcher 1 

Ruff 479

Wood Sandpiper 161

Little Stint 16

Zitting Cisticola

Red-throated Pipit 16

Short-toed Lark 16

Tawny Pipit 4

Meladia

Roller 3

Citrine Wagtail female

Tawny Pipit 2

Squacco Heron 3

Night-heron 1

Sigri Old Sanotorium

Roller 1

Golden Oriole 3

Eastern Bonelli's Warbler 1

Collared Flycatcher 2

Petri

Black Kite 1

Scops Owl 1

Faneromeni beach

Temminck's Stint 2

Polichnitos Saltpans

Black-headed Bunting 2

Marsh Sandpiper

Red-footed Falcon 1

Kalami Marsh

Spoonbill 1

Alikoudi Pool

Black-headed Bunting 2

Skamioudi

Ortolan Bunting 1

Platania

Masked Shrike 6

Black-headed Bunting 1

Olive-tree Roller 1

Skala Kallonis Pool

Little Bittern 1

Squacco Heron 9

Platania

Eleanora's Falcon 1

Red-footed Falcon 3

Hobby 1

Metochi Lake

Night-heron 7

Little Bittern 4

Little Crake 4

Lardia Valley

Eastern Bonelli's Warbler 

Potamia Valley

Olive-tree Warbler 1

Black-headed Bunting 1

Kavaki

Ruppell's Warbler showing very well

Papiana

Scops Owl 

Long-eared Owl adult at nest with 3 young (same site as 2012) - one young has fallen from the nest, please do not approach it

Olive-tree Warbler 1

Collared Flycatcher 1

Soumouria 'Scops Copse'

Scops Owl - several. Please do not harass the birds!

24 April - two White-throated Robins!

Now two male White-throated Robins at the Petrified Forest. A new Baillon's Crake at the Kalloni Saltpans and yesterday's two Spur-winged Plovers from Polichnitos pans appear in the Kalloni area today.

Sorry about the lack of photos but problems with the internet here with uploading photos and files!

Petrified Forest

WHITE-THROATED ROBIN

Now believed to be two males in the park around the same area and seen throughout the day - morning better than evenings though. again at the Petrified Forest Park showed throughout the morning and 

The park is open but i would suggest you view from the road. This will avoid disturbing the bird by going in to the park.

Park at the end of road by centre as normal. Walk back up the road and at c.200m look right in to park and for square concrete building with some tall, thin cyprus firs by it. The robin was feeding on the ground below these firs and bushes either side and further to the right around the bushes by the covered seating (bandstand).

Collared Flycatcher 1

Perasma Reservoir

Great Spotted Cuckoo 2

Red-footed Falcon 1

Kalloni Saltpans & Alykes Wetlands

SPUR-WINGED PLOVER 1 in NW corner

Baillon's Crake calling in evening down side of track just north of pumps house (no news on the the two birds north of here yesterday)

Pallid Harrier 2CY male

Montagu's Harrier male

Whiskered Tern 55

White-winged Black Tern 2

Gull-billed Tern 7

Collared Pratincole 48

Purple Heron 3

Zitting Cisticola

Red-throated Pipit 2

Red-footed Falcon 2 

Black-tailed Godwit 2

Mesa

SPUR-WINGED PLOVER 1 

Tsiknias River

Black-headed Bunting 1 between ford and river mouth for much of afternoon.

Ipsilou

Eastern Bonelli's Warbler 3

Skala Kallonis Pool

Little Bittern 1

Mt Ordimnos

Pallid Harrier 2CY female

Hobby 2

Platania

Eleanora's Falcon 1

Red-footed Falcon 3

Hobby 1

Faneromeni

Roller 2

Citrine Wagtail 1

Golden Oriole 6

Lesser Grey Shrike 1

Collared Flcycatcher 10

Oprhean Warbler 3

Wood Warbler 3

Lesser Kestrel 6

Meldia Valley

Black-headed Bunting 2

Roller 1

Night-heron 3

Metochi Lake

Night-heron 9

Little Bittern 1

Common Snipe 1

Little Crake 6

Lardia Valley

Eastern Bonelli's Warbler 3+ at eastern lay-bys 

Kavaki

Ruppell's Warbler showing very well

Papiana

Scops Owl 

Long-eared Owl adult at nest with 2 young (same site as 2012)

Soumouria 'Scops Copse'

Scops Owl - several. Please do not harass the birds!

23 April - WTR, Baillon's Crakes and Spur-winged Plovers

Scops Owl, Papiana, 23 April 2013 

(Otus scops) Γκιώνης 

Taken with iPhone with my new homemade adaptor.

© Steve Dudley

The White-throated Robin and Griffon Vulture remain out west. Three Baillon's Crakes were found today, along with two Spur-winged Plovers and a Black Kite. A count of 140 Spotted Redshank is amazing!

Petrified Forest

WHITE-THROATED ROBIN

Male again at the Petrified Forest Park showed on and off throughout the day.

The park is open but I would suggest you view from the road. This will avoid disturbing the bird by going in to the park.

I received a number of complaints today about birders and photographers pushing the bird around in the park. Nothing I can do only ask everyone to please view from outside the park and do not harass the bird. Thanks.

Park at the end of road by centre as normal. Walk back up the road and at c.200m look right in to park and for square concrete building with some tall, thin cyprus firs by it. The robin was feeding on the ground below these firs and bushes either side and further to the right around the bushes by the covered seating (bandstand).

Olive-tree Warbler 1

Eleanora's Falcon 1

Ipsilou

GRIFFON VULTURE 1 (also seen Petrified Forest & Faneromeni)

Eastern Bonelli's Warbler 3

Collared Flycatcher 2

Christou River

Lesser Grey Shrike

Zitting Cisticola

Faneromeni & Sigri

Citrine Wagtail male lower ford

Black Kite 1

Eastern Bonelli's Warbler 1

Red-footed Falcon 2

Collared Pratincole 1

Lesser Grey Shrike

Black Redstart

Collared Flycatcher 5

Grey Plover 1

Kalloni Saltpans & Alykes Wetlands

Baillon's Crake 2 in ditch c. 200m north of pump house corner

Pallid Harrier 2CY x2

Montagu's Harrier female

Hen Harrier female

Spoonbill 3

Citrine Wagtail 1 (east track)

Gull-billed Tern 8 (east track)

Slender-billed Gull 3

Whiskered Tern 42

White-winged Black Tern 9

Zitting Cisticola 9

Red-footed Falcon 3

Spotted Redshank 140

Black-tailed Godwit

Temminck's Stint 2

Northern Lapwing 1

Mallard 1

Shoveler 2

Black-headed Gull 1

Greater Flamingo 160

Tawny Pipit 6

Metochi Lake

Baillon's Crake 1 at north end

Little Crake 4

Night-heron 12

Purple Heron 2

Squacco Heron 1

Eleanora's Falcon 1

Kalami Marsh

Purple Heron 3

Great White Egret 2

Mallard 2 males

Polichnitos Saltpans

Spur-winged Plover 2

Roller 1

Black Tern 1

White-wing Black Tern 1

Lardia Valley

Eastern Bonelli's Warbler 3+ at eastern lay-bys 

Kavaki

Ruppell's Warbler showing very well

Papiana

Scops Owl 1

Long-eared Owl 1 adult on nest (same site as 2012)

Soumouria 'Scops Copse'

Scops Owl - several. Please do not harass the birds!

22 April 2013 - Eagles, Rock-thrush and that robin!

The White-throated Robin remains at the Petrified Forest. Two Choughs were reported from Ipsilou and a male Common Rock-thrush was found in Meladia Valley. Also what is presumed to be the same Griffon Vulture from Saturday was again seen in the west and two Lesser Spotted Eagles and a single Booted Eagle all seen today.

Petrified Forest

WHITE-THROATED ROBIN

Male again at the Petrified Forest Park showed throughout the morning and early afternoon then again periodically from 1800 onwards.

The park is open but i would suggest you view from the road. This will avoid disturbing the bird by going in to the park.

Park at the end of road by centre as normal. Walk back up the road and at c.200m look right in to park and for square concrete building with some tall, thin cyprus firs by it. The robin was feeding on the ground below these firs and bushes either side and further to the right around the bushes by the covered seating (bandstand).

Eleanora's Falcon 1

Ipsilou

CHOUGH 2 birds reported (only two previous records)

Eastern Bonelli's Warbler 3

Collared Flycatcher 2

Meladia valley

COMMON ROCK-THRUSH male between ford and Sigri

Eastern Bonelli's Warbler 3

Wood Warbler 1

Faneromeni & Sigri

SEMI-COLLARED FLYCATCHER male at upper ford

GRIFFON VULTURE 1 near Sigri at c.17.30

Lesser Spotted Eagle 1

Levant Sparrowhawk male

Lanner adult

Pallid Harrier 2CY female

Montagu's Harrier female

Collared Pratincole 1

Citrine Wagtail male at the inlet nr Sigri

Roller at upper ford

Collared Flycacther 4+

Pied Flycatcher 2

Purple Heron 1

Red-backed Shrike 6+

Wood Warbler 1

Sigri to Faneromeni relatively quiet passerines wise

Kalloni Saltpans & Alykes Wetlands

Pallid Harrier 2CY birds

Montagu's Harrier female

Hen Harrier female

Spoonbill 3

Citrine Wagtail 1 (east track)

Gull-billed Tern 56 (east track)

Collared Pratincole 70+

Glossy Ibis 100+

Zitting Cisticola

Gadwall 3

Red-throated Pipit 2

Red-fotted Falcon 9+ 

Metochi Lake

Booted Eagle 1

Lesser Spotted Eagle 1

Little Crake 6

Lardia Valley

Eastern Bonelli's Warbler 3+ at eastern lay-bys 

Anaxos

Citrine Wagtail 1 on seafront

Kavaki

Ruppell's Warbler showing very well

Papiana

Scops Owl 2+

Long-eared Owl 1 adult on nest (same site as 2012)

Soumouria 'Scops Copse'

Scops Owl - several. Please do not harass the birds!

21 April 2013 - White-throated Robin (still) and more migrants arriving

Record shot of male White-throated Robin, Petrified Forest, 21 April 2013 

(Irania gutturalis) Λευκόλαιμο Αηδόνι 

© Steve Dudley

White-throated Robin still at the Petrified Forest and certainly more shrikes, flycatchers, etc. and herons today.

Petrified Forest

WHITE-THROATED ROBIN

Male again at the Petrified Forest Park at 12.30pm (very briefly) and then seen very well from 5.30pm today.

The park is closed tomorrow but the bird was viewable fro the main road this evening.

Park at the end of road by centre as normal. Walk back up the road and at c.200m look right in to park and for square concrete building with some tall, thin cyprus firs by it. The robin was feeding on the ground below these firs and bushes either side.

Wryneck 1

Eleanora's Falcon 1

Tawny Pipit 1

Chukar - several

Kalloni Saltpans & Alykes Wetlands

Slender-billed Gull 3

Pallid Harrier 2CY female

Montagu's Harrier female

Spoonbill 2

Citrine Wagtail 1

Glossy Ibis 80+

Collared Pratincole 15+

Black-tailed Godwit 13

Green Sandpiper 1

Common Ringed Plover 6

Common Snipe 1

Olivaceous Warbler 

Zitting Cisticola 

Faneromeni

Citrine Wagtail m & f - upper ford

Roller - lower ford

Night-heron 1

Collared Flycacther 4+

Pied Flycatcher 2

Sanderling 3 at inlet nr Sigri

Lardia Valley

Eastern Bonelli's Warbler 2 at first /main east end lay-by 

Metochi Lake

Night-heron 9

Tsiknias River

Pallid Swift 10

Little Crake 1

Little Bittern 1

Purple Heron 1

Night-heron 2

Skala Kallonis Pool

River Warbler between pool and Imerti Hotel

Little Bittern male 'barking' in evening

Purple Heron 9 over

Gull-billed Tern 33 over

Red-footed Falcon 5 over

Ipsilou

Eastern Bonelli's Warbler 3

Wood Warbler 2

Kavaki

Ruppell's Warbler showing very well

Audouin's Gull 1

North Coast Track

Pallid Harrier 2CY

Hen Harrier fem

Perasma Reservoir

Eleanora's Falcon 1

Christou River

Pallid Harrier 2CY

Makara

Alpine Swift 50+

Great Reed Warbler 

Short-toed Lark

Glossy Ibis 2

Mesa Wetlands

Squacco Heron 2

Purple Heron 1

Glossy Ibis 2

Papiana

Scops Owl 4+

Long-eared Owl 1 adult on nest (same site as 2012)

Soumouria 'Scops Copse'

Scops Owl - several. Please do not harass the birds!

20 April 2013 - White-throated Robin!

Male White-throated Robin, Petrified Forest, 17 April 2013 
(Irania gutturalis) Λευκόλαιμο Αηδόνι 

© Franke Balde

Petrified Forest
WHITE-THROATED ROBIN
Male again at the Petrified Forest Park from 5pm today.

Take the road between Ipsilou and Sigri down to the park centre. In the park follow the trail and the bird is just beyond tree/fossil no.16.

PLEASE do not stray off the paths in this protected site.

Griffon Vulture 1 (also seen over Dafia)
Roller 1

Kalloni Saltpans & Alykes Wetlands
SPUR-WINGED PLOVER 1 in field by pumping station in SW corner of pans
White-winged Black Tern 1
Little Crake 3 in channels in SW corner of pans
Pallid Harrier 2CY female
Montagu's Harrier male and female
Hen Harrier ring-tail
Glossy Ibis 5+
Black Stork 9
Collared Pratincole 4+
Squacco Heron 5
Ruff 30
Greenshank 1
Red-footed Falcon
Olivaceous Warbler 1
Zitting Cisticola 2

Parakila Marsh
Citrine Wagtail 2CY male
Caspian Tern 1 offshore
Green Sandpper 1

Polichnitos Saltpans
Marsh Sandpiper 1
Tawny Pipit 1

Tsiknias River
Slender-billed Gull 1
Little Crake 1
Little Bittern 1

Metochi Lake
Little Crake 3
Little Bittern 1
Common Snipe 1

Skala Kallonis Pool
Little Bittern male 'barking' in evening

Skala Kallonis Marsh (east of village)
Ortolan Bunting 1 over
Red-footed Falcon female
Squacco Heron 1

Christou (Kameras) River
Gull-billed Tern 4
Orphean Warbler 1

Lotzaria
Collared Pratincole 2

Kavaki
Ruppell's Warbler 4+
Thrush Nightingale 1

Soumouria 'Scops Copse'
Scops Owl 4+
PLEASE to no harass then birds. A photographer was seen to flush one bird today.

Papiana
Scops Owl 4+
Long-eared Owl 1 adult on nest (same site as 2012)

LATE NEWS
RED-CRESTED POCHARD pr Parakila Marsh 17 April (photo) is the first confirmed sighting for the island!

Earlier bird news from 19 April back to January - see here