Katelios area (Nine visits 6th-16th May '98)

Birds seen Comments

African Collared Dove

in garden by newspaper Kiosk

Alpine Swift

seven seen on one occasion

Blackbird

Numerous

Black-headed Bunting

numerous-all around the telephone wires etc.  Femails  seen only after the 14/5/98

Black-headed Wagtail

numerous

Blue Rock Thrush

on houses on Skala end of Ano Katelios

Blue Tit

Fairly numerous

Blue-headed Wagtail

numerous

Bonelli's Warbler

by bushes on track leading away from accomodation.

Broad-billed Sandpiper

one dropped exhausted right by beach

Collared Dove

Up to five around katelios village

Common Bittern

flushed up approx 06:00am by beach bar

Common Buzzard

regularly seen around area, one caught a snake within 50' of where we were walking.

Common Kestrel

1 pair seen regularly, poss-nesting in hill back of Katelios

Common Sandpiper

two seen regularly on edge of beach by stream near beach bar.

Common Swift

numerous

Common Whitethroat

on bushes next to stream bridge on main road

Corn Bunting

quite a few dotted around wires and bushes

Crested Lark

Fairly numerous

Curlew Sandpiper

Up to five seen, aprrox 200 yards from beach bar.

Dunlin

by beach bar, seen only once.

Eleonora's Falcon

flew from ridge overlooking Katelios beach

European Bee-eater

four on 7/5/98

Goldfinch

Numerous

Great Tit

in Ano Katelios village

Greenfinch

Numerous

Grey Heron

two seen flying across beach on 10/5/98

Grey Wagtail

up to three dotted along stream running through Katelios

Honey Buzzard

one seen towards dusk-approx 1 mile from Katelios

Hooded Crow

numerous

Hoopoe

one flew past apartment balcony

House Martin

numerous

House Sparrow

very numerous

Jay

by apartment

Lesser Grey Shrike

1st of year on wires only about 50 feet from appartment

Little Bittern

1 pair flying up from stream and one by beach bar on reeds.

Marsh Sandpiper

one by beach bar

Moorhen

up to four in stream by beach bar in Katelios

Nightingale

one seen plus others heard around stream

Olivaceous Warbler

Fairly numerous

Pied Flycatcher

female and only P.Fly seen

Red-footed Falcon

on wire outside of apartment

Red-rumped Swallow

very numerous in this area fairly large numbers

Rufous Bush Chat

one dropped into bush within 20 yards of us.

Sand Martin

numerous

Sardinian Warbler

1 pair with 4 chicks in hedge by our apartments, numerous.

Scops Owl

on wires on top of hill overlooking the area.

Spanish Sparrow

20 by pool on dirt track on edge of Ano Katelio

Spotted Flycatcher

fairly numerous

Stonechat

numerous

Swallow

numerous

Turnstone

with C.Sandpiper

Turtle Dove

on telephone wires in Ano Katelios

Whinchat

numerous

Wood Sandpiper

by beach bar in Katelios

Woodchat Shrike

numerous with females in some places

Yellow Wagtail

numerous in fields (especially by grazing sheep)

Yellow-legged Gull

around beach and village area

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