3 August, half-day birding

Posted on by Eleni Galinou

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)

Beginning of August, family trip to the Kalloni Salt Pans

Posted on by Eleni Galinou

Had this visit to the Kalloni Salt Pans the evening of August 10. With Giorgos H. and his three member family with very little birdwatching experience. We had more than great views of Dalmatian Pelicans, Flamingos, Black Storks, Avocets, Black-winged Stilts, Common and Little Terns, Ruddy Shelducks etc and lots of fun!