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Barred Warbler, Makara (c) Dave Nurney
Clearly more birds coming in out west, including plenty of Red-backed Shrikes and Black-headed Buntings plus a couple of Barred Warblers and Rollers. A Ferruginous Duck and Lesser Spotted Eagle were pipped to top bill by three Dalmatian Pelicans.
Weather - Blue skies, light W breeze, 28C
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BIRD NEWS
Achladeri & Kruper's Nuthatch
One pair feeding young near last years nest site along the top. Park your car by the white building building, walk up the main track through the forest, bear left at the fork, then follow the track left past the rubbish pile on the next corner and up the straight section of track. After c200m look for a thick black pine tree with a sap scar and a pile of 4 sandy-coloured rocks at the base. From this tree look in to the forest at 90 degrees from the track and look for a sheep/rams skull at base. Nest is in this tree on left hand side between two very short broken branch stumps.
Achladeri
DALMATIAN PELICAN - three over at 1430
Kalloni Saltpans
BAILLON'S CRAKE - still present along reeded channel in SW corner near pumping station
Collared Pratincole 23
Spotted Redshank 2
Sanderling 1
Marsh Sandpiper 2
Ruff 140
Garganey 2
Whiskered Tern 11
White-winged Tern 7
Glossy Ibis 12
Lotzaria
Montagu's Harrier 2
Skala Kallonis Pool
Ferruginous Duck male - also seen at mouth of Tsiknias River
Penduline Tit 3 (m, 2f)
Slender-billed Gull 1 west
Purple Heron 3 over
Little Crake 1
Little Bittern 1
Tsiknias River
Ferruginous Duck male at river mouth - same as Skala Kallonis Pool
Sanderling 1
Oystercatcher 1
Green Sandpiper 1
Temminck's Stint 5
Red-footed Falcon 2
Squacco Heron 4
Little Bittern 4
Night-heron 1
Great Reed Warbler 3
Black-headed Bunting 8
Kalami Marsh
Savi's Warbler 1
Kalloni Raptor Watchpoint
Lesser Spotted Eagle 1
Roller 1
Potamia Valley
Eleonora's Falcon 1
Soumouria Scops Copse
Scops Owl 1 - the bird is in the second eucalyptus on the right of the Kalloni end entrance
Papiana
Scops Owl 2
Long-eared Owl 1
Makara
Barred Warbler 1 male
Nr Agra
Eleonora's Falcon 3
Sigri & Faneromeni
Roller 1
Citrine Wagtail 1
Yellow Wagtails 'thousands'
Red-throated Pipit 9
Citrine Wagtail 1
Yellow Wagtails 'thousands'
Red-throated Pipit 9
Lesser Kestrel 30+
Bee-eater 40+
Sigri Old Sanatorium
Barred Warbler 1
Red-backed Shrike 8
Collared Flycatcher 1
Meladia Valley
Red-backed Shrike 20
Golden Oriole 5
Kavaki
Ruppell's Warbler, Sardinian Warbler, Blue Rock-thrush, etc
Platania
No sign of Olive-tree Warblers today
NOTE - the Platania track is very rough in places and should only be attempted with extreme caution. I would advise parking after 1km from the road then walk in
Polichnitos Saltpans
Rufous Bush-robin 1
Dipi Larisos
Pygmy Cormorant 2 still, ranging widely from river mouth, upstream (inc. getting in reeds up from the bridge) and bot hflew off and went down by the Mytilini road
Lesser Grey Shrike 1
Christou River
Temminck's Stint 2
Purple Heron 1
Glossy Ibis 1
Black Stork 6
Stone-curlew
Zitting Cisticola
Whiskered Tern 4
Black-headed Bunting 5
Vatera
Thrush Nightingale 1
Makara
Barred Warbler 1
Meladia Valley
Roller 2
Papiana
Scops Owl 2
Alikoudi Pool
Mediterranean Gull 2
Filia mast
Eleonora's Falcon 2
Red-footed Falcon 2
Eastern Bonelli's Warbler 8
Hawfinch 1
Long-tailed Tit 4
Pandeleimonas Pools (E of Eresos)
Sanderling 1
Purple Heron 2
