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BIRDLIST FOR LESVOS     19th - 27th April  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

7

4
Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 2 6
Levantine Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan 1 200
European Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis 1 10
White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus 2 1
Little Egret Egretta garzetta 7 100+
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 7 10+
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 7 20
Great White Egret Egretta alba 4 6
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 1 1
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides 7 15
Black-crowned Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 4 10
Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus 7 20
Great Bittern Botaurus stellaris 1 1
Black Stork Ciconia nigra 7 4
White Stork Ciconia ciconia 4 3
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 7 300+
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber 6 370
Mute Swan Cygnus olor 5 11
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea 4 6
Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 3 12
Gadwall Anas strepera 3 5
Common Teal  Anas crecca 1 1
Northern Pintail Anas acuta 1 9
Garganey Anas querquedula 7 50+
Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata 7 7
Eurasian Griffon-vulture Gyps fulvus 1 1
Short-toed Snake-eagle Circaetus gallicus 7 10+
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus 6 7
Hen Harrier  Circus cyaneus 2 2
Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus 5 1
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 6 6
Levant Sparrowhawk Accipiter brevipes 2 27
Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 6 2
Common Buzzard Buteo buteo 5 3
Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus 6 15+
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni 3 50+
Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 7 6
Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 6 15
Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae 3 2
Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo 5 6
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 5 4
Chukar Alectoris chukar 2 3
Common Quail Coturnix coturnix 3 h
Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 1 h
Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 4 h
Little Crake Porzana parva 7 8
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 4 1
Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 7 N/C
Eurasian Coot Fulica atra 7 N/C
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 7 160
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 3 32
Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 3 6
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola 4 10
Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 6 12
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus 3 12
Common Snipe  Gallinago gallinago 4 6
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 1 40
Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis 5 8
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia 2 1
Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 5 3
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 7 60+
Common Sandpiper Tringa hypoleucos 6 3
Little Stint Calidris minuta 6 80
Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 2 5
Dunlin Calidris alpina 1 1
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 1 60
Ruff Philomachus pugnax 7 1000
Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii 1 2 or 4?
Yellow-legged Gull Larus cachinnans [argentatus] 7 2000+
Slender-billed Gull Larus genei 2 2
Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus 2 3
Little Gull Larus minutus 2 2
Gull-billed Tern Sterna nilotica 3 43
Common Tern Sterna hirundo 7 50
Little Tern Sterna albifrons 4 20
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus 5 15
White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 2 15
Black Tern Chlidonias niger 2 2
European Turtle-dove Streptopelia turtur 6 40
Eurasian Collared-dove Streptopelia decaocto 7 C
Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius 1 1
Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 6 8
Common Scops-owl Otus scops 2 1
Little Owl Athene noctua 4 2
Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 5 30
Common Swift Apus apus 7 500+
Pallid Swift Apus pallidus 3 4
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 3 3
European Bee-eater Merops apiaster 5 25
European Roller Coracias garrulus 1 1
Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops 7 8
Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla 1 1
Middle Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos medius 3 2
Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla [cinerea] 3 40
Crested Lark Galerida cristata 7 C
Wood Lark Lullula arborea 2 2
Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis 3 1
Sand Martin Riparia riparia 7 N/C
Eurasian Crag-martin Hirundo rupestris 2 6
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 7 C
Red-rumped Swallow Hirundo daurica 6 30
House Martin Delichon urbica 7 70+
Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 4 10
Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus 5 50
White Wagtail  Motacilla alba 3 3
Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 2 1
Yellow Wagtail  Motacilla flava 7 2000
Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 7 4
Common Redstart  Phoenicurus phoenicurus 3 6
Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 7 50
Common Stonechat  Saxicola torquata 3 2
Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 5 3
Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica 6 30+
Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina 2 8
Blue Rock-thrush Monticola solitarius 3 5
Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula 7 10+
Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 7 3 + h
River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis 1 h
Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides 1 h
Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 7 30
Eurasian Reed-warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 6 15
Great Reed-warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus 6 14
Olivaceous Warbler Hippolais pallida 4 10
Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 5 8
Common Whitethroat Sylvia communis 5 20
Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca 6 7
Orphean Warbler Sylvia hortensis 2 2
Rüppell's Warbler Sylvia rueppelli 1 1
Subalpine Warbler Sylvia cantillans 5 10
Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 2 10
Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 1 4
Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli 1 1
Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 3 4
Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 3 4
Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 4 10+
Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis 4 5
Semi-collared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata [albicollis] 1 1
Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 2 2
Sombre Tit Parus lugubris 2 10
Great Tit  Parus major 7 6+
Blue Tit Parus caeruleus 7 6+
Krüper's Nuthatch Sitta krueperi [canadensis] 2 1
Western Rock Nuthatch Sitta neumayer 4 4
Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla 2 4
Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 4 36
Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio [cristatus] 3 4
Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor 2 1
Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 7 20+
Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus 5 5
Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius 6 2
Eurasian Jackdaw Corvus monedula 2 30
Rook Corvus frugilegus 1 2 or 3
Hooded Crow  Corvus corone 7 C
Common Raven Corvus corax 4 2
House Sparrow Passer domesticus 7 C
Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis [domesticus] 7 C
Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia 2 5
Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 6 LC
European Serin Serinus serinus 3 3
European Greenfinch Carduelis chloris 6 6+
European Goldfinch  Carduelis carduelis 7 20
Eurasian Linnet Carduelis cannabina 5 10
Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 3 4
Cinereous Bunting Emberiza cineracea 2 4
Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 1 1
Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia 6 12+
Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala 1 1
Corn Bunting Miliaria calandra 7 C

169 Species

OTHER

Persian Squirrel Bath White
Bottle-nosed Dolphin Clouded Yellow
Agama Lizard Orange Tip
Stripe-necked Terrapin Painted Lady
Tree Frog Small White
European Glass Lizard Large White
Snake sp? Large Tortoiseshell
Locust Holly Blue
Crickets sp? Silver Y Moth
Red Admiral  
Scarce Swallowtail  
Eastern Festoon  

Persian Squirrel

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