3 August, half-day birding

Together with Pieter (South Africa), we had a very early start in some phrygana areas to get his target passerine species and moved to the wetlands and then to the pine forest. This was a birdwatching oriented trip and here are some record photos I took:

Cretzschmar’s Bunting (Emberiza caesia)
Little Owl (Athene noctua)
Black Stork (Ciconia nigra)
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)- that was close to a perfect photo, but…
Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus), adult and juvenile

We also had Blue Rock Thrush, Kruper’s Nuthatch, Sombre Tit, Woodchat Shrike, Cirl Bunting, Dalmatian Pelican, and others.

Non-typical sheep on Lesvos (the black ones are actually the majority on the island)

2 thoughts on “3 August, half-day birding

  1. We had a fantastic time with Eleni and will definitely come to Lesvos again and ask her to join us, thank you very much Eleni, you’re a star

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