We stopped off at a well known Bonellis site, but to no sightings only the contact call, so off to Persama for Audouins and a possible Pochard, 100's of Y L GUll and a few Ruddy Shelduck 😞, a little inland 2 HONEY BUZZARDS were compensation.
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| Honey Buzzard (Wikipedia) |
So off to Eftalou and a quick drink in a lovely Taverna where a few Yelkouan Shearwaters and a distant but identifiable SCOPOLIS SHEARWATER skimmed by!
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| Scopolis Shearwater (Wikipedia) |
A drive up on to the coast road yielded a briefly perched, flyby, ORTOLAN BUNTING.
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| Ortolan Bunting (library photo) |
A return to Persama reservoir and still no Audoiuns Gull.
Packing to be done before the return to WALES......................
A 2 hour pre dinner visit to the Kalloni Salt Pans was well worth it with, perhaps the star bird of the trip, an ELEONORA'S FALCON, chasing, catching and eating a hapless Corn Bunting.
Then followed a chase to find Black Necked Grebe to be disappointed but then rewarded with SHORT-TOED LARK.
A 2 hour pre dinner visit to the Kalloni Salt Pans was well worth it with, perhaps the star bird of the trip, an ELEONORA'S FALCON, chasing, catching and eating a hapless Corn Bunting.
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| Elenora's Falcon (Wikipedia) |
Then followed a chase to find Black Necked Grebe to be disappointed but then rewarded with SHORT-TOED LARK.
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| Short-toed Lark |
I've used a few Wikipedia photographs as I don't have any of my own, I thought non birding readers would like to see some of the more unusual birds mentioned
Normal? service will resume later in the week...
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