Monday 21st September 2015 LESBOS TRIP
Another early start this morning saw us at Metochi lake again, what a contrast with yesterday, there were hardly any birds about, the best we could manage were: one Purple Heron, one Wood Sandpiper, two Spoonbill, two Black Stork, and a Lesser Whitethroat.
After breakfast we drove along the Tsiknias river to the salt pans and picked up Kingfisher and lots of Willow Warbler including a "northern" type bird.
The pans gave us Marsh Sandpiper, three Yellow Wagtail spp, and two Tawny Pipits, a good adult and a 1st year.
I wanted to count the flamingos today so after a lot of clicking I got to 1535, with a good proportion of immature birds, a minimum of 18 Great White Egrets, there were many more than this I'm sure. the duo od pelicans and the singleton were still present.
We drove South East,picking up Sparrowhawk and nine Med Gulls to do a bit of raptor watching on a hillside over looking Vatera, in the company of some other birders we managed to get on the tail end of some migration/local birds three Elenoras Falcon, and three Kestrel, poor compared to previous years but we turned up a bit late.
An afternoon storm saw us back at the hotel to some great lightening, after the storm cleared a Hoopoe landed on the wires outside the hotel
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We went back to Metochi and picked up a Common Snipe, three Green Sandpipers and two Wood Sands'.
After breakfast we drove along the Tsiknias river to the salt pans and picked up Kingfisher and lots of Willow Warbler including a "northern" type bird.
The pans gave us Marsh Sandpiper, three Yellow Wagtail spp, and two Tawny Pipits, a good adult and a 1st year.
I wanted to count the flamingos today so after a lot of clicking I got to 1535, with a good proportion of immature birds, a minimum of 18 Great White Egrets, there were many more than this I'm sure. the duo od pelicans and the singleton were still present.
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| A dodgy shot of some of the 1535 Greater Flamingos |
We drove South East,picking up Sparrowhawk and nine Med Gulls to do a bit of raptor watching on a hillside over looking Vatera, in the company of some other birders we managed to get on the tail end of some migration/local birds three Elenoras Falcon, and three Kestrel, poor compared to previous years but we turned up a bit late.
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| Looking South East from Vatera |
An afternoon storm saw us back at the hotel to some great lightening, after the storm cleared a Hoopoe landed on the wires outside the hotel
.
We went back to Metochi and picked up a Common Snipe, three Green Sandpipers and two Wood Sands'.
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