We arrived on the headland at about 2.00pm today after a morning at the Evrota delta (very few migrants seen there however good views of both male and female hen harrier).
At Cape Tenaro it was clear from the outset that there had been a small fall and without much effort we clocked up 16 Hoopoe, 35 Northern Wheatear, 10 Woodchats, 13 Subalpine Warblers, 16 Hoopoe, 3 Wryneck, 8 Nightingale, 8 Redstart, 5 Black Redstart, 3 Whinchat, 2 Song Thrush and two male Collared Flycatchers. There were a few other migrants including an early Pied Flycatcher and a stunning male Rock Thrush.
East to south-east winds overnight so hopefully something interesting tomorrow.
Welcome to the Cape Tenaro Birder Blog, recording observations of migrant birds and other wildlife at the southern most tip of the Greek mainland. With limited tree and scrub cover Cape Tenaro is a really great place to observe bird migration. In spring it is the first land fall for migrants arriving from North Africa after a 400km crossing of the Mediterraean Sea; while in the autumn the long, narrow peninsula of the Mani funnels migrant birds moving south.
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