Tuesday, 3 May 2016
Red-necked Phalarope, Kalloni Saltpans © Paul Manning
NOTICES
Dirt tracks
Take care on all dirt roads. Most hire car insurance does not cover the underside of the car.
Water levels
Wetland levels are now very low or gone in many places places including Alykes Wetlands. Tsiknias River and Metochi Lake have good levels. Meladia Valley ford is nearly dry. Faneromani lower ford is completely dry and the upper ford is nearly dry.
BIRD NEWS
Plenty of Black-headed Buntings and Bee-eaters around now – I will only list significant counts/flock numbers.
Kalloni Saltpans & Alykes Wetlands
Red-footed Falcon 1
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE winter plumaged bird 0715 – 1930 at least in pans down west side of the pans
Common Ringed Plover 1
Temminck’s Stint 1
Little Stint 200+
Sanderling 1
Curlew Sandpiper 40
Spotted Redshank 1
CASPIAN TERN 1
Gull-billed Tern 7
White-winged Tern 4
Whiskered Tern 6
Black Tern 2
Tawny Pipit 1
Kalloni Raptor Watchpoint
STEPPE EAGLE 2CY over at 1530h (two previous records)
LESSER SPOTTED EAGLE 2
Nr Eresos
RING OUZEL 1
Kalami Marsh & Mesa Wetland
Spoonbill 1
SPUR-WINGED PLOVER 1
CASPIAN TERN 2
ROLLER 1
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