Lesvos 2025 Part 5

 Our birding journey around Lesvos continues............ this is the last one honest!

So here's a nest built into the side of a rock face...

and here's the owner, a Rock Sparrow. We saw this nest last year on the Sigri-Eresos track and much to our delight it was in use again.

So a catalogue of birds seen in he last few days;

Spotted Flycatcher,

Black-headed Bunting,

Wheatear,

another Spotted Flycatcher,

Red-backed Shrike,

A cricket of somesort,

Corn Bunting,

Lacewing,

Red-rumped Swallow,

yet another Spotted Flycatcher 😅

Butterflies galore,

Spotted Flycatcher with lunch,

I'm sure that tasted nice 😏

Caterpillar nest!

Red-backed Shrike,

that Wood Warbler again, same tree as before!

Short-toed Eagle,

Juvenile Orphean Warblers,

More butterflies.

Night Heron,

Swallows having a drink.

Then after two weeks of trying, a Scops Owl at the mini soccer pitch just outside Kallonis Town.

Squacco Heron down at the Tsiknias River again,

The Terns and Gull were still hanging around at the river mouth,

with the Common Tern doing a flyby.

Back at the river, A Black Stork, Great Egret and Little Egret keeping each other company.

At the Saltpans managed to get some nice shots of a Little Stint,

Ruff

Spur Winged Lapwing

and another Little Stint, their summer plumage is magnificent.

A close up of a Black Stork,

Shelduck,

Ringed Plover,

and Reed Warbler.

Heading back to the village, I couldn't resis more Bee-eater photo opportunities

and a Black Stork flying right over us.

So that's it for another year. Hopefully we will be back again next year and we can do it all again!