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Sunrise Birding LLC - Birding and Wildlife ToursLESVOS: Fall Migration in the Aegean
Trip Highlights - Sept/Oct 2021


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Highlights and top sightings:    

•Golden Eagle (rare for Lesvos)
•Red-footed Falcon
•Lesser Grey Shrike
•Black-tailed Godwit
•Dalmatian Pelican
•Masked Shrike
•Meadow Pipit
•Eurasian Robin
•Sombre Tit
•Water Rail
•Chapels, monasteries
•Visit to Mount Olympus

•Kruper's Nuthatch
•Middle Spotted Woodpeckers (many & easy to see compared to spring)
•Red-backed Shrikes (common)
•Stone Curlew
•The Flamingo show
•Little Owls (seen on 4 days)
•Eurasian Sparrowhawks (many)
•Wagtails & Willow Warblers in abundance
•Sunrises & Sunsets
•The Pine Forests

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Greater Flamingos, Lesvos. Photo © Gina Nichol.


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Sunrise in Lesvos, Greece. Photo © Gina Nichol.
Sunrise in Lesvos, Greece. Photo © Gina Nichol.

Dalmatian Pelican, Lesvos, Greece. Photo © Gina Nichol.
Dalmatian Pelican, Lesvos, Greece. Photo © Gina Nichol.

Eurasian Spoonbills. Photo © Gina Nichol.
Eurasian Spoonbills. Photo © Gina Nichol.

Red-backed Shrike (juvenile). Photo © Gina Nichol.
Red-backed Shrike (juvenile). Photo © Gina Nichol.

Common Snipe. Photo © Gina Nichol.
Common Snipe. Photo © Gina Nichol.


Kalloni Saltpans, Flamingos, Mount Olympus.  A classic Lesvos scene. Photo © Gina Nichol.

Young Greater Flamingo, Lesvos, Greece. Photo © Gina Nichol.
Young Greater Flamingo, Lesvos, Greece. Photo © Gina Nichol.

Grey Heron. Photo © Gina Nichol.
Grey Heron. Photo © Gina Nichol.

Photographing Kruper's Nuthatch, Lesvos, Greece. Photo © Gina Nichol.
Photographing Kruper's Nuthatch, Lesvos, Greece. Photo © Gina Nichol.

Common Kingfisher. Photo © Gina Nichol.
Common Kingfisher. Photo © Gina Nichol.

Little Owl, Lesvos, Greece. Photo © Gina Nichol.
Little Owl, Lesvos, Greece. Photo © Gina Nichol.

Pied Avocet . Photo © Gina Nichol.
Pied Avocet . Photo © Gina Nichol.

The sparkling Aegean Sea. Photo © Gina Nichol.
The sparkling Aegean Sea. Photo © Gina Nichol.

Agia Fokas coastline, Lesvos, Greece. Photo © Gina Nichol.
Agia Fokas coastline, Lesvos, Greece. Photo © Gina Nichol.

Gulf of Kalloni, Lesvos, Greece. Photo © Gina Nichol.
Gulf of Kalloni, Lesvos, Greece. Photo © Gina Nichol.

Ipsilou Monastery, Lesvos, Greece © Gina Nichol.
Ipsilou Monastery, Lesvos, Greece © Gina Nichol.

North coast scenery, Lesvos, Greece. Photo © Gina Nichol.
North coast scenery, Lesvos, Greece. Photo © Gina Nichol.

Saltpans at Polychnitos, Lesvos, Greece. Photo © Gina Nichol.
Saltpans at Polychnitos, Lesvos, Greece. Photo © Gina Nichol.

Skala Kalloni sunset, Lesvos, Greece. Photo © Gina Nichol
Skala Kalloni sunset, Lesvos, Greece. Photo © Gina Nichol