| 1st Oct. At Neo Chorio. A male sparrow hawk dashed through the garden and grabbed a sardinian warbler on its way out.
On the coast. There was a group of 7 little egrets and a superb group of 4 great white egrets. The great whites stood majestically while the little egrets scurried around almost underneath them in search of food. Later we saw a flock of20 little egrets over the sea; a single purple heron; and a
flock of 7 grey herons.
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| 2nd Oct. On the coast. A flock of 157 little egrets flew back and forth for several hours trying to find somewhere undisturbed to land. Also an adult and 2 juvenile purple herons; a male kestrel; and an isabelline wheatear.
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| 3rd Oct. At Neo Chorio. At night, a big flock of grey herns migrated along our valley, calling continuously to each other. The flock took about 5 minutes to pass by.
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| 4th Oct. At Kamisiana. A juvenile red backed shrike.
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| 6th Oct. At Neo Chorio. The wintering black redstarts have now arrived in numbers and are fighting to set up winter territories.
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| 8th Oct. On the coast. We saw 2 eleonoras falcons; a flock of 19 white storks; and a red-backed shrike.
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| 14th Oct. At Neo Chorio. 2 swifts circled before heading south. There was another dead barn owl on the motorway.
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| 15th Oct. At Mournies. A single long legged buzzard.
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| 16th Oct. At Neo Chorio. A scops owl has been calling for the past week. Worthy of note as as though they were once very common in this area there seem very few now.
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| 17th Oct. At Neo Chorio. A booted eagle was heavily mobbed by our local buzzards.
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| 18th Oct. At Mournies. A rough legged buzzard.
At Maleme. 3 booted eagles.
At Neo Chorio. 2 booted eagles; and an eleonoras falcon.
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| 20th Oct. At Tavronitis. There was a flock of 70+ starlings, nearly all juveniles. We do not see many starlings here thank goodness.
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| 21st Oct. On the coast. A flock of 8 grey herons closely followed by a flock of 6 black storks.
22nd Oct. On the coast. A steppe buzzard was being heavily mobbed by a local buzzard.
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| 23rd Oct. At Neo Choirio. A male sparrow hawk tried his luck in the garden - but with no success this time.
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| 26th Oct. At Vlakeronitsa. There was a late yellow wagtail.
At Neo Choirio. We had delightful close-up views of a wryneck, the first we have seen - in other words a tick!
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| 27th Oct. At Neo Choirio. A long legged buzzard soared for ten minutes but was ignored by our local buzzards.
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