Day 2
On Saturday, June 16th, we left Delphi for the hilly country surrounding Itea and Galaxeidi towns, looking for Rock Sparrows, Rock Partridges and Eastern Orphean Warblers. Despite the intense heat, we managed to find all three, along with dozens of Black-eared Wheatears, Rock Nuthatches and Blue Rock Thrushes etc.
Next stop was Kleisova Lagoon at Messolonghi. It was quite hot at noon; we managed, nevertheless, to enjoy Dalmatian Pelicans, Stone Curlews, Collared Pratincoles, Gull-billed and Caspian Terns and lots of herons.
We continued west and visited the Ash Forest of Lesini, as well as some parts of the riparian woodland of Acheloos River. We managed to find the Levant Sparrohawk (one of the target species for Luis) and Middle Spotted Woodpeckers.
Early in the afernoon, we headed back to Delphi. The species count for Day 2 was 61, a very fruitful day!
On Saturday, June 16th, we left Delphi for the hilly country surrounding Itea and Galaxeidi towns, looking for Rock Sparrows, Rock Partridges and Eastern Orphean Warblers. Despite the intense heat, we managed to find all three, along with dozens of Black-eared Wheatears, Rock Nuthatches and Blue Rock Thrushes etc.
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| Eastern Orphean Warbler |
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| Rock Sparrow |
Next stop was Kleisova Lagoon at Messolonghi. It was quite hot at noon; we managed, nevertheless, to enjoy Dalmatian Pelicans, Stone Curlews, Collared Pratincoles, Gull-billed and Caspian Terns and lots of herons.
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| Stone-curlew |
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| Middle Spotted Woodpecker |
DAY CHECKLIST
| Common Shelduck - Tadorna tadorna | |||||||||||||
| Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos | |||||||||||||
| Rock Partridge - Alectoris graeca | |||||||||||||
| Greater Flamingo - Phoenicopterus roseus | |||||||||||||
| Collared Dove - Streptopelia decaocto | |||||||||||||
| Stone-curlew - Burhinus oedicnemus | |||||||||||||
| Black-winged Stilt - Himantopus himantopus | |||||||||||||
| Kentish Plover - Charadrius alexandrinus | |||||||||||||
| Eurasian Curlew - Numenius arquata | |||||||||||||
| Common Greenshank - Tringa nebularia | |||||||||||||
| Common Redshank - Tringa totanus | |||||||||||||
| Collared Pratincole - Glareola pratincola | |||||||||||||
| Yellow-legged Gull - Larus michahellis | |||||||||||||
| Little Tern - Sternula albifrons | |||||||||||||
| Gull-billed Tern - Gelochelidon nilotica | |||||||||||||
| Caspian Tern - Hydroprogne caspia | |||||||||||||
| Common Tern - Sterna hirundo | |||||||||||||
| Pygmy Cormorant - Microcarbo pygmeus | |||||||||||||
| Great Cormorant - Phalacrocorax carbo | |||||||||||||
| Dalmatian Pelican - Pelecanus crispus | |||||||||||||
| Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea | |||||||||||||
| Little Egret - Egretta garzetta | |||||||||||||
| Western Marsh Harrier - Circus aeruginosus | |||||||||||||
| Levant Sparrowhawk - Accipiter brevipes | |||||||||||||
| Eurasian Hoopoe - Upupa epops | |||||||||||||
| Middle Spotted Woodpecker - Dendrocoptes medius | |||||||||||||
| Common Kestrel - Falco tinnunculus | |||||||||||||
| Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus | |||||||||||||
| Woodchat Shrike - Lanius senator | |||||||||||||
| Eurasian Jay - Garrulus glandarius | |||||||||||||
| Common Magpie - Pica pica | |||||||||||||
| Eurasian Jackdaw - Corvus monedula | |||||||||||||
| Hooded Crow - Corvus cornix | |||||||||||||
| Greater Short-toed Lark - Calandrella brachydactyla | |||||||||||||
| Crested Lark - Galerida cristata | |||||||||||||
| Sand Martin - Riparia riparia | |||||||||||||
| Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica | |||||||||||||
| Sombre Tit - Poecile lugubris | |||||||||||||
| Eurasian Blue Tit - Cyanistes caeruleus | |||||||||||||
| Great Tit - Parus major | |||||||||||||
| Eurasian Penduline Tit - Remiz pendulinus | |||||||||||||
| Western Rock Nuthatch - Sitta neumayer | |||||||||||||
| Cetti's Warbler - Cettia cetti | |||||||||||||
| Eastern Olivaceous Warbler - Iduna pallida | |||||||||||||
| Eurasian Reed Warbler - Acrocephalus scirpaceus | |||||||||||||
| Zitting Cisticola - Cisticola juncidis | |||||||||||||
| Eastern Orphean Warbler - Sylvia crassirostris | |||||||||||||
| Sardinian Warbler - Sylvia melanocephala | |||||||||||||
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