Lesvos Species list May 2019

1	Common Shelduck	Tadorna tadorna
2	Ruddy Shelduck	Tadorna ferruginea
3	Mallard	Anas platyrhynchos
4	Chukar Partridge	Alectoris chukar
5	Common Pheasant	Phasianus colchicus
6	Scopoli's Shearwater	Calonectris diomedea
7	Yelkouan Shearwater	Puffinus yelkouan
8	Little Grebe	Tachybaptus ruficollis
9	Great Crested Grebe	Podiceps cristatus
10	Black-necked Grebe	Podiceps nigricollis
11	Greater Flamingo	Phoenicopterus roseus
12	Black Stork	Ciconia nigra
13	White Stork	Ciconia ciconia
14	Little Bittern	Ixobrychus minutus
15	Black-crowned Night Heron	Nycticorax nycticorax
16	Squacco Heron	Ardeola ralloides
17	Western Cattle Egret	Bubulcus ibis
18	Grey Heron	Ardea cinerea
19	Purple Heron	Ardea purpurea
20	Great Egret	Ardea alba
21	Little Egret	Egretta garzetta
22	European Shag	Phalacrocorax aristotelis
23	Great Cormorant	Phalacrocorax carbo
24	European Honey Buzzard	Pernis apivorus
25	Short-toed Snake Eagle	Circaetus gallicus
26	Northern Goshawk	Accipiter gentilis
27	Western Marsh Harrier	Circus aeruginosus
28	Montagu's Harrier	Circus pygargus
29	Long-legged Buzzard	Buteo rufinus
30	Common Buzzard	Buteo buteo
31	Water Rail	Rallus aquaticus
32	Common Moorhen	Gallinula chloropus
33	Eurasian Coot	Fulica atra
34	Eurasian Stone-curlew	Burhinus oedicnemus
35	Black-winged Stilt	Himantopus himantopus
36	Pied Avocet	Recurvirostra avosetta
37	Spur-winged Lapwing	Vanellus spinosus
38	Grey Plover	Pluvialis squatarola
39	Common Ringed Plover	Charadrius hiaticula
40	Little Ringed Plover	Charadrius dubius
41	Kentish Plover	Charadrius alexandrinus
42	Eurasian Curlew	Numenius arquata
43	Ruddy Turnstone	Arenaria interpres
44	Ruff	Calidris pugnax
45	Curlew Sandpiper	Calidris ferruginea
46	Temminck's Stint	Calidris temminckii
47	Dunlin	Calidris alpina
48	Little Stint	Calidris minuta
49	Wood Sandpiper	Tringa glareola
50	Common Greenshank	Tringa nebularia
51	Collared Pratincole	Glareola pratincola
52	Slender-billed Gull	Chroicocephalus genei
53	Black-headed Gull	Chroicocephalus ridibundus
54	Audouin's Gull	Ichthyaetus audouinii
55	Mediterranean Gull	Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
56	Caspian Gull	Larus cachinnans
57	Yellow-legged Gull	Larus michahellis
58	Gull-billed Tern	Gelochelidon nilotica
59	Sandwich Tern	Thalasseus sandvicensis
60	Little Tern	Sternula albifrons
61	Common Tern	Sterna hirundo
62	Whiskered Tern	Chlidonias hybrida
63	White-winged Tern	Chlidonias leucopterus
64	Black Tern	Chlidonias niger
65	Rock Dove	Columba livia
66	European Turtle Dove	Streptopelia turtur
67	Eurasian Collared Dove	Streptopelia decaocto
68	Great Spotted Cuckoo	Clamator glandarius
69	Common Cuckoo	Cuculus canorus
70	Western Barn Owl	Tyto alba
71	Eurasian Scops Owl	Otus scops
72	Little Owl	Athene noctua
73	Alpine Swift	Tachymarptis melba
74	Common Swift	Apus apus
75	Pallid Swift	Apus pallidus
76	European Bee-eater	Merops apiaster
77	Eurasian Hoopoe	Upupa epops
78	Middle Spotted Woodpecker	Dendrocoptes medius
79	Lesser Kestrel	Falco naumanni
80	Common Kestrel	Falco tinnunculus
81	Red-footed Falcon	Falco vespertinus
82	Eleonora's Falcon	Falco eleonorae
83	Eurasian Hobby	Falco subbuteo
84	Peregrine Falcon	Falco peregrinus
85	Red-backed Shrike	Lanius collurio
86	Lesser Grey Shrike	Lanius minor
87	Woodchat Shrike	Lanius senator
88	Masked Shrike	Lanius nubicus
89	Eurasian Golden Oriole	Oriolus oriolus
90	Eurasian Jay	Garrulus glandarius
91	Western Jackdaw	Coloeus monedula
92	Hooded Crow	Corvus cornix
93	Northern Raven	Corvus corax
94	Coal Tit	Periparus ater
95	Sombre Tit	Poecile lugubris
96	Eurasian Blue Tit	Cyanistes caeruleus
97	Great Tit	Parus major
98	Woodlark	Lullula arborea
99	Crested Lark	Galerida cristata
100	Sand Martin	Riparia riparia
101	Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica
102	Eurasian Crag Martin	Ptyonoprogne rupestris
103	Common House Martin	Delichon urbicum
104	Red-rumped Swallow	Cecropis daurica
105	Cetti's Warbler	Cettia cetti
106	Long-tailed Tit	Aegithalos caudatus
107	Wood Warbler	Phylloscopus sibilatrix
108	Great Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus arundinaceus
109	Sedge Warbler	Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
110	Eurasian Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus scirpaceus
111	Eastern Olivaceous Warbler	Iduna pallida
112	Olive-tree Warbler	Hippolais olivetorum
113	Icterine Warbler	Hippolais icterina
114	Eurasian Blackcap	Sylvia atricapilla
115	Eastern Orphean Warbler	Sylvia crassirostris
116	Common Whitethroat	Sylvia communis
117	Subalpine Warbler	Sylvia cantillans
118	Sardinian Warbler	Sylvia melanocephala
119	Rüppell's Warbler	Sylvia ruppeli
120	Eurasian Wren	Troglodytes troglodytes
121	Eurasian Nuthatch	Sitta europaea
122	Krüper's Nuthatch	Sitta krueperi
123	Western Rock Nuthatch	Sitta neumayer
124	Short-toed Treecreeper	Certhia brachydactyla
125	Common Blackbird	Turdus merula
126	Mistle Thrush	Turdus viscivorus
127	Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin	Cercotrichas galactotes
128	Spotted Flycatcher	Muscicapa striata
129	European Robin	Erithacus rubecula
130	Common Nightingale	Luscinia megarhynchos
131	European Pied Flycatcher	Ficedula hypoleuca
132	Blue Rock Thrush	Monticola solitarius
133	Whinchat	Saxicola rubetra
134	European Stonechat	Saxicola rubicola
135	Northern Wheatear	Oenanthe oenanthe
136	Isabelline Wheatear	Oenanthe isabellina
137	Black-eared Wheatear	Oenanthe hispanica
138	House Sparrow	Passer domesticus
139	Spanish Sparrow	Passer hispaniolensis
140	Rock Sparrow	Petronia petronia
141	Western Yellow Wagtail	Motacilla flava
142	Citrine Wagtail	Motacilla citreola
143	White Wagtail	Motacilla alba
144	Red-throated Pipit	Anthus cervinus
145	Common Chaffinch	Fringilla coelebs
146	European Greenfinch	Chloris chloris
147	Common Linnet	Linaria cannabina
148	European Goldfinch	Carduelis carduelis
149	European Serin	Serinus serinus
150	Corn Bunting	Emberiza calandra
151	Cinereous Bunting	Emberiza cineracea
152	Cretzschmar's Bunting	Emberiza caesia
153	Cirl Bunting	Emberiza cirlus
154	Black-headed Bunting	Emberiza melanocephala

Potter Heigham

On patch at Corton, still rubbish, Brown Argus and a Porpoise to show for my daily slog.

At Potter Heigham today 2 Spoonbill, 7 Garganey a Little Gull 2 Adult Med Gulls and a non Breeding Curlew Sandpiper.  2 Little Ringed Plover and lots of Dragonflies and Butterflies.

Pensthorpe Birdfair

Day at the birdfair, fabulous actually, got all my Leica Gear serviced by David the leica repair man superb service and then met Bill Oddie, Mike Dilger and Simon King.

Had some Digiscoping practice whilst there,

Patching

May as well pack it in. Seen nowt since returning from Lesvos, which ive still got to start the blog for that. A few butterflies Green hairstreak and Small Copper.

Common Sandpiper over the garden.

So ive headed for my new patch Hollesley RSPB near woodbridge, House is sold and a new one brought hopefully just waiting to sign contracts.
Anyway my first trip properly to the area. 4 Garganey, lots of Avocet, Geese, Reed and Sedge Warbler, Common Waders, White Wagtail, Whimbrel, Common Seal i think they were and plenty of Terns. 8 Greenshank

Ill start on my Lesvos blog soon

Alpine Swift and Red-footed Falcon

Nothing new all week on the patch until Saturday.  What happened is an Alpine Swift had spent Friday night at Sherringham and then was seen early Saturday morning passing Winterton so i thought there may have been a very very small chance of it coming through the patch. So as usual i was on the patch early. I gave the OSW a good looking over and then decided to wait it out on the coast. Camera Set up and eyes to the skies about 0945 low and behold the Alpine Swift only came shooting low over Corton Cliffs BINGO BOOOOOOM. As i was ready with the camera i managed to reel of half a dozen shots as it passed through.

Only other thing of note after slogging the rest of the patch was a Male Ring Ouzel at CNSW and a Fulmar over the sea.

Sunday i did the same again but found nothing so headed to Rendlesham Forest for a nice male Red Footed Falcon.

Finished at Gunton Meadows for the Green Winged Orchids. They seem to get smaller every year.