LESVOS - 7-DAY TOUR - DAY 8 - 26TH APRIL 2014

TSIKNIAS RIVER

Our final day!!!  Boo, Hoo.

We could go only out for an hour this morning before breakfast so we went to the nearby Tsiknias River. We started at the river mouth and worked our way up to the ford.

It was an amazing sunrise and the air was full of bird song, what a lovely way to finish our birding holiday.



The Tsiknias river mouth at 6:30am this morning

At the river mouth we saw all the usual suspects; Slender-billed Gull, Grey Plover, Common Tern, Little-ringed Plover and a Eurasian Curlew was new.

Black Headed Bunting

 As we made our up the river we saw lots of warblers and a few waders; Reed, Great Reed, Cetti's and Olivaceous Warblers, Greenshank, Wood Sandpiper, Little Stint (fly overs - 12) and a Common Snipe which was new for the list.

Cetti's Warbler

 In shrubs and hedges we saw Common Whitethroat, Common Nightingale, Black-headed Bunting and lots of Corn Buntings, Crested Larks and finches.

In that one hour, we found 40 species which is a true testament to how good Lesvos really is at this time of the year and instills in me a great desire and a birding passion to want to return next year for my 16th successive year!!