Waders party in Artemis Lagoon!

More than 200 waders were gathered today at Artemis Lagoon. Two big locks of Wood Sandipers (84 ), together with many other species (Little Stint, Temminck's Stint, Ruff, Greenshank, Spotted Redshank, Snipe, Common Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover, Ringed Plover, . This is the biggest concentration of shorebirds that I have seen in this small wetland, which gets better and better every year, due to conservation (a simple fence just made a big difference) Wood Sandpipers Wood Sandpipers flying flock Flying skills of Wood Sandiper 3 more! Temminck's Stint ?
Red-rumped Swallow - Cecropis daurica (Μιλτοχελίδονο)
Pallid Swift - Apus pallidus (Ωχροσταχτάρα)  

Ruff - Philomachus pugnax (Μαχητής) 

   

Greenshank (Tringa nebularia) Πρασινοσκέλης Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula) Common Sandpiper - Actitis hypoleucos Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis) - Βαλτότρυγγας

Lefteris is having a hard time following Swifts with his camera