Summary
Fewer birds about however there was still some enjoyable birding and the totals for some of the commoner migrants were still reasonable. The bird of the day was a Stone-curlew flushed from by the mosaics, it flew across Porto Sternes and landed close to the car park at Kokinoghia.
We also recorded our first Turtle Dove (at Porto Kagio late afternoon) and Savi's Warbler (heard singing at the ringing site) of the year.
An additional treat was good, but brief, views of a Golden Jackal in the central part of the headland.
Grounded Migrants: 7 Hoopoe, 1 Wryneck, 1 Woodchat Shrike, 5 Wood Warbler, 50 Blackcap, 53 Subalpine Warbler, 1 Savi’s Warbler, 3 a Song Thrush, 29 Nightingale, 2 Whinchat, 6 Redstart, 3 Norther Wheatear, 2 Robin, 1 Chaffinch, 30 Spanish Sparrow, 2 Cretzschmar's Bunting
Visible Passage: 19 Yelkouan and 11 Scopoli's Shearwaters flew east during a half hour seawatch.
Raptors: None !
Bird Ringing: 9 Blackcap, 6 Subalpine Warbler, 3 Wood Warbler, 1 Redstart, 4 Nightingale, 1 Robin and 1 Stonechat.
Overall Total: 25 birds ringed from 96m of nets.
Weather: Overcast and calm early on. Wind increasing ENE 4-5 during morning, cloud clearing. Little wind during afternoon.
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| Stone-curlew at Kokinoghia |
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| Golden Jackal at Cape Tenaro |
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| Collared Flycatcher watching a bee |
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| Whinchat watching a bee |
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| Northern Wheatear above Porto Kagio (looking for a bee) |
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| Ophrys iricolor |
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