August is here and the first autumn migrants have arrived. The
Lesser Grey Shrike is always seen in the first week of the month, perching in wires close to cultivations.
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| Lesser Grey Shrikes are regular autumn migrants |
Families of Red-rumped Swallows sweep the sky above the wetland, taking advantage of the numerous airborne insects.
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| The Red-rumped Swallow is a common and widespread summer visitor and passage migrant of Athens |
Woodchat Shrikes are also starting to migrate, even though passage birds are difficult to tell from local breeders
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| The Woodchat Shrike is very common in passage, both in spring and autumn |
