April 6th, a half-day trip around Central Lesvos

It was a rainy day which means a rainy day with sunshine -as  Spring usually is like on Lesvos! Alice K. asked to see some birds around agricultural land but also around wetlands with a specific wish to see Glossy Ibises.

The highlights of our day out together around Agia Paraskevi and the Kalloni Gulf were: Black Stork, Common, and Little Terns, Common Snipe, SPOTTED REDSHANK, MARSH SANDPIPER, Wood Sandpiper, Ruffs, Black-winged Stilts, BLACK-TAILED GODWITS, Little Owl, Marsh Harriers, SHORT-TOED EAGLE, MASKED SHRIKE, Sombre Tit etc.

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Little Owl (Athene noctua) and Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) under the rain!
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Flirting Common Terns (Sterna hirundo)
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Corn Buntings (Emberiza calandra) dominating the bird songs heard.
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Sombre Tit (Poecile lugubris)
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Ruffs, Marsh Sandpipers, Spotted Redshanks, Wood Sandpipers, Dunlins in a large mixed of around 120 birds
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Glossy Ibises (Plegadis falcinellus), only 6 around that day!

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