Nightingales, a new Orchid and a Skink

Summary - Sunday 7th April
This will follow large today (Wednesday) as I keep running out of time .... !!

Grounded Migrants: Words to follow 

Visible Passage: Words to follow

Raptors: 1 Marsh Harrier 

Bird Ringing: 5 Pied Fly, 2 Savi’s Warbler, 2 Nightingale, 1 Robin, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Great Reed Warbler, 1 Wood Warbler, 1 Garden Warbler 

Overall Total: 16 birds ringed from 96m of nets.

Weather: Variable F0-2 to start, Overcast. Clearing from 10am. Light winds in afternoon, direction not recorded, clear and sunny.

A male Redstart at Kokinoghia

Hoopoes near Aghirokambi

Violet Limodore - Limodorum abortivum

Greek Legless Skink - Ophiomorous punctatissimus

A Ruppell's Warbler near the Lighthouse