2nd Dec
Water pipit in unexplored area on
south coast between Plakias and
Preveli
7th Dec
male hen harrier between Provarma
and Samonas.
marsh harrier, common snipe,
black-necked grebe and kingfisher at
Georgioupolis View Point.
9th Dec
Whitethroat, while walking behind
Georgioupolis towards Mathes.
flock of c.20 woodlarks in same
area.
10th Dec
Short-toed treecreeper in foothills
of White Mountains. (This was from
the road we went on with you one
evening from Vrisses - we saw a
hoopoe that time)
Several song thrushes were disturbed
as we walked in same area, and,
unusually we thought, four male
blackbirds "together" in the same
group of small trees.
11th Dec
At Agia Reservoir - Marsh harrier,
kingfisher, cettis warbler (seen),
lots of chiffchaffs, teal, shoveler,
pochard, black-necked grebe and a
single cormorant, plus all the usual
coots (over 200) and gulls.
12th Dec
While driving slowly around the
Askifou Plain - two bramblings (a
first for us)(good record for Crete
- Roy). Otherwise, mainly
chaffinches and corn buntings.
Enroute home, a lesser spotted eagle
flying south into the surrounding
hills near Miriokefala.
In the last few days the following
have all been seen from standing by
windows in our living room:
light phase booted eagles (pair),
otherwise a single bird most days
recently.
kestrel
sparrowhawk
common buzzard
hooded crow
blue rock thrush
crag martins (small flocks)
stonechat
robin
great tit
blue tit
house sparrow
chaffinch
goldfinch
greenfinch
blackbird
black redstart
serin
chiffchaff
sardinian warbler
cettis warbler (again, seen on bank
behind garden)
woodlark (on telephone line over
main road)
blackcap, female.
The weather has been rainy recently,
and increased bird activity on our
plot.
Yesterday, the booted eagle was
harassed by a kestrel for over 20
minutes, above a nearby hill. They
went very high up and I had to give
up watching!
Our local marsh harrier seems to
continually patrol the area between
the View Point and Kalivaki Beach.
At the latter, we usually see blue
rock thrush, two or more
kingfishers, a common sandpiper, and
currently an immature cormorant.