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BIRDLIST FOR LESVOS  26th April -  4th May 2002

SPECIES Scientific Name No of days out of  7 recorded Highest daily count
C.= Common
LC = Locally Common
H or h.= Heard only
N/C.= No count
Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 6 3
Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea 2 10+
Mediterranean Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan 3 200+
European Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis 4 20+
White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus 2 1
Little Egret Egretta garzetta 7 40+
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 6 10
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 7 3
Great White Egret Egretta alba 3 1
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides 7 8
Black-crowned Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 3 3
Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus 7 14
Great Bittern Botaurus stellaris 1 1
Black Stork Ciconia nigra 5 6
White Stork Ciconia ciconia 5 3
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 7 55
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 1 3
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber 4 370
Mute Swan Cygnus olor 4 8
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea 3 2
Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 3 3
Garganey Anas querquedula 7 10
Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata 7 2
Short-toed Snake-eagle Circaetus gallicus 6 5
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus 7 4
Hen Harrier  Circus cyaneus 1 1
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 3 2
Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 1 1
Common Buzzard Buteo buteo 5 3
Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus 7 8+
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni 2 35
Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 7 4
Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 7 60+
Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae 2 2
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 4 1
Chukar Alectoris chukar 2 2
Common Quail Coturnix coturnix 2 1 + 1h
Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 1 h
Little Crake Porzana parva 3 6
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 1 2
Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 7 10+
Eurasian Coot Fulica atra 7 6+
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 7 25
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 3 25
Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 1 2 + 2h
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola 3 6
Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 6 4
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus 4 4
Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 1 4
Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis 2 2
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia 3 1
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 7 50+
Common Sandpiper Tringa hypoleucos 3 2
Little Stint Calidris minuta 3 2
Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 3 3
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 5 100+
Ruff Philomachus pugnax 4 1000+
Yellow-legged Gull Larus cachinnans [argentatus] 7 C
Slender-billed Gull Larus genei 2 2
Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus 2 28
Gull-billed Tern Sterna nilotica 2 20
Common Tern Sterna hirundo 7 25+
Little Tern Sterna albifrons 6 10
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus 5 15
White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 3 40+
Black Tern Chlidonias niger 1 2
European Turtle-dove Streptopelia turtur 7 30+
Eurasian Collared-dove Streptopelia decaocto 7 C
Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius 1 1
Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 4 1
Common Scops-owl Otus scops 1 1
Little Owl Athene noctua 3 3
Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 6 8
Common Swift Apus apus 7 30+
Pallid Swift Apus pallidus 1 2
European Bee-eater Merops apiaster 7 60+
European Roller Coracias garrulus 2 2
Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops 3 5
Middle Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos medius 3 2
Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 3 25
Crested Lark Galerida cristata 7 C
Sand Martin Riparia riparia 3 12
Eurasian Crag-martin Hirundo rupestris 2 4
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 7 100
Red-rumped Swallow Hirundo daurica 6 15+
House Martin Delichon urbica 7 150+
Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris 2 1
Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 2 1
Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus 4 40
White Wagtail  Motacilla alba 1 1
Yellow Wagtail  Motacilla flava 7 30+
Winter Wren  Troglodytes troglodytes 1 h
Rufous-tailed Scrub-robin  Cercotrichas galactotes 1 1
Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia 1 1
Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 7 2 + 5h
Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 7 10
Common Stonechat  Saxicola torquata 1 1
Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 3 2
Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica 6 20+
Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina 3 5
Blue Rock-thrush Monticola solitarius 4 5
Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula 7 C
Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 7 2
River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis 1 2h
Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides 1 h
Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 5 10
Eurasian Reed-warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 6 6
Great Reed-warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus 7 4
Olivaceous Warbler Hippolais pallida 7 12+
Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum 2 1 +2h
Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 1 1
Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 4 2
Common Whitethroat Sylvia communis 4 3
Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca 2 2
Barred Warbler Sylvia nisoria 2 1
Orphean Warbler Sylvia hortensis 3 4
Rüppell's Warbler Sylvia rueppelli 2 2
Subalpine Warbler Sylvia cantillans 6 4+
Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 2 1
Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 2 3
Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 4 12
Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 4 5
Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis 1 1
Sombre Tit Parus lugubris 4 2
Great Tit  Parus major 7 6+
Blue Tit Parus caeruleus 7 4+
Krüper's Nuthatch Sitta krueperi 2 2
Western Rock Nuthatch Sitta neumayer 3 6
Eurasian Penduline-tit Remiz pendulinus 1 2
Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 3 30+
Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 6 12
Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor 1 2
Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 6 9
Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus 4 5
Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius 5 2
Eurasian Jackdaw Corvus monedula 1 100
Hooded Crow  Corvus corone 7 C
Common Raven Corvus corax 3 6
House Sparrow Passer domesticus 7 C
Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis 7 C
Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia 1 4
Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 7 LC
European Serin Serinus serinus 1 2
European Greenfinch Carduelis chloris 6 3+
European Goldfinch  Carduelis carduelis 7 10+
Eurasian Linnet Carduelis cannabina 4 6
Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 6 4
Cinereous Bunting Emberiza cineracea 1 6
Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 1 1
Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia 5 8
Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala 6 12+
Corn Bunting Miliaria calandra 7 C

152 Species

OTHERS

Stripe-necked Terrapin Painted Lady Wall Brown
Spur-thighed Tortoise Red Admiral Holly Blue
Scorpion Bath White Hummingbird Hawkmoth
Balkan Green Lizard Scarce Swallowtail  
Clouded Yellow Gecko sp?  
Eastern Festoon Frog sp?  
Orange Tip Persian Squirrel  

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