4.3.2010: New February A&M and C&S plus more added to Nikos Notes: February

6.2.2010: New section see: Nikos News

1.2.2010: A&M January 2010, New photos on birdlist Red-crested Pochard

8.1.2010: I have added to my Roy's UK Diary 2010. New bird checklist photos Pintail & Woodcock

Just received Collins Bird Guide 2nd Edition with 10 percent more pages and an additional 41 species. The Field Guide to get for Crete, marked price 25 uk pounds, available from wildsounds.com for 19.99 with free uk p&p.

2.1.2010: A&M December 2009 Diary, New photos of Spotted Crake, Goldfinch, Marbled Duck and Starling on bird checklist.

21.12.2009: New photos of Mediterranean Gull, Green Sandpiper, Sparrowhawk and Cattle (sheep) Egret on bird checklist.
All best wishes for Christmas and 2010. Apologies to those whose messages have disappeared into cyberspace (I do get a lot of email) and will try to answer any new messages in 2010.
Many thanks for your interest.

2.12.2009: A&M October/November Diary and C&S November onsite

24.11.2009: New photos on bird checklist, Little Crake, Little Egret, Spotted Redshank, Sedge Warbler, Temminck's Stint.  Underused identity section utilised for new Sealife section.

20.11.2009: Photos of Fieldfare, Kentish Plover, Stone Curlew, Caspian Tern, Great Reed Warbler etc. added to Bird Checklist PLEASE NOTE most already on other sections of site.

7.11.2009: October C&S Diary, More news on Eleanora's Falcon: See links page, last entry under Wildlife General, via C&S.  Please read threat to Cretan Palm, from main index page.

1.11.2009: September C&S Diary, July A&M Diary, last photos added, new photo on bird checklist: Sanderling, S.T.Treecreeper, Hoopoe, Yellowhammer, Red Kite, Herring Gull

24.10.2009: September A&M Diary now complete!

20.10.2009: August C&S Diary added. Plus Colin also sent a link to News on Eleanora's Falcon: See links page, entry under Wildlife General. 

8.10.2009: New photo and photographer, see Bird Checklist/Osprey

7.10.2009: September A&M Diary. Great frontpage photo from C&S

3.10.2009: August A&M Diary added

30.9.2009: Have belatedly posted C&S's July Diary and now over 4000 ph0tos onsite.
 

25.9.2009: White-tailed Eagle photos added.

24.9.2009: Just back from 3 week trip to Scotland, catching up on emails and updates soon.

25.8.2009: I have at last placed the June C&C diary onsite. See yesterdays news.

24.8.2009: New links and started Motorhome Adventures, Gigrin. Back after travels inc. Birdfair and computer failure

5.8.2009: C&S diary May, Greece part 3

3.8.2009: A&M July Diary

21.7.2009: Major update to Odonata (dragonfly) checklist

20.7.2009: Books added to bibliography, Colin and Sues website added to links page, more Dragonfly photos added.

18.7.2009: Part 2 of C&S May diary from  MAINLAND GREECE, more great photos!

11.7.2009: New bird checklist photos, Great Tit

10.7.2009: New bird checklist photos of Buzzards, Turtle Dove, Stonechat and Cormorant by a new photographer to cretewww, many thanks to Camille van den Berg

10.7.2009: C&S May diary part 1, PLEASE NOTE FROM MAINLAND GREECE NOT CRETE!

7.7.2009: New photos on bird list: Red-rumped Swallow, Cisticola juncidis, Cetti's Warbler, Nightingale, Collared Pratincole, Golden Oriole, Black-eared Wheatear, Bee-eater

6.7.2009: Catch up with adventures of C&S, see Antikithera 2009, including 70 great photos.

3.7.2009: A&M June Report, Note: new book available Atlas of the Odonata (Dragonflies) of the Mediterranean and North Africa (from British Dragonfly Society in UK). C&S Antikithera report soon.

1.7.2009: Just starting new Motorhome Adventures Section

24.6.2009: New images on bird checklist: Tree Pipit, Slender Billed Gull, Kentish Plover, Greater Flamingo and Spanish Sparrow

17.6.2009: New images on bird checklist: Goldfinch, Redshank, House Martin, Crossbills, Common Tern, Cuckoo, Hobby and Sandwich Tern

3.6.2009: May Report from A&M, new photos on bird checklist Blackcap, Reed Warbler, Great Reed Warbler. Roy's UK Diary updated

11.5.2009: April Reports from A&M and C&S (+Nikos) 3500 Photos now online

29.4.2009: New photos on bird list Herring Gull, Lesser-Black backed Gull, Start of April Roy's Diary

17.4.2009: New photos on bird list Cretzschmar's Bunting

15.4.2009: New photos on bird list Wood Warbler, Baillon's Crake, Black-Winged Stilt and Montagu's Harrier

3.4.2009: Great March diaries from A&M and C&S

31.3.2009: New bird photos: Glossy Ibis, Black-winged Stilt, Mallard, Coot, Lt Egret, Great White Egret. Roys UK diary 31.3.2009

28.3.2009: See links page for more Crete Flora links.

23.3.2009{ I gave a talk on The Wildlife of Crete to my local Great Yarmouth Bird Club. Several people said they had enjoyed the talk and others said it had awakened the idea of visiting or revisiting Crete. I was also asked about the possibility of giving a talk to another club. It seems to have been a success so thanks are due once again to Ari, Anders, Nikos, C&S and A&M for providing many of the great photographs I used during the talk. Roy

5.3.2009 Just front page photo

5.3.2009 Hickling Falcon? See Roys UK Diary, March

3.3.2009 A&M February Report

23.2.2009 Additions to Roys Feb uk diary

22.2.2009 Just front page and photo

10.2.2009 C&S January Report

31.1.2009 A&M January Report

Image by and © BB see news above

20.1.2009 New bird species photos Bar-tailed Godwit

3.1.2009 Ice and swans see Roys uk diary 2009

1.1.2009 A&M and C&S December 2008 reports posted

27.12.2008 On front page Sheep and snow in the Crete Mountains from an original painting by Balsam Wood see also Roys UK Diary, December.

15.12.2008  New bird photos Waxwing (see Roys UK December diary for story)

15.12.2008 All bird species now have back click to facilitate navigation of checklist, remember you can press control (Ctrl) and f keys to start a search/find box. New photos of Water Pipit, Linnet, Cattle Egret and Marsh Harrier

13.12.2008 email from Alan : Pelican is still at Georgioupolis, and black-necked grebes have arrived at Kournas Lake - about 120 so far.

12.12.2008: New photos: Red-breasted Merganser, Moustached Warbler, Shoveler, Tufted Duck.

11.12.2008: New species photo: Νεροκελάδα - Anthus spinoletta - Water Pipit

5.12.2008: Finished India in world wildlife section, although more photos may be added at some stage.

4.12.2008: Interesting email from Alan as follows:
Hi Roy,
Having popped into Aghia on my own last Tuesday to find the bluethroat, Margaret and I were there again this morning enroute to Omalos.  It would be difficult to repeat Colin's pics of the bluethroat, but I will be including a couple of mine on December's report, it was there both Tuesday and today - more wary today though.

The latest pelican news is that there were two on the path today at Aghia. I advised Colin, who went there later today, and between us we will try to establish whether these are additional, or from Souda or Georgioupolis.

Whilst there today I saw a moustached warbler close to the pump station - difficult to photograph, but as you don't have it on your id checklist, I have attached one of my two pics for you.

Nice to see a single lapwing flying around the lake today too.

Weather was warm again, but very low cloud on the mountains, so we headed for Sougia and picnicked on the beach, where we saw our first shag (2), initially on the rough sea, then one flying offshore.

We decided to return via Omalos despite the low cloud, and as you can see from the attachments, had a glimpse of a single hawfinch on Omalos plateau.  The picture is through the windscreen at distance, and poor as a result, but again, as you don't have one on the website, I thought you could use this until someone improves on it.  I've spoken to Colin this evening, and he's determined to find it himself - the moustached warbler too!

Let me know if you use these pics for the id checklist.  If so, I will just record the sightings on my next report and refer to the checklist, as I don't feel either are good enough for my report - but they are at least a record for Crete.

Nice to hear from Raye recently - we wish you both well.

All the best Alan.

Rather frustrating for those of us stuck in a freezing uk, moustached and hawfinch photos onsite and fast approaching 3000 photos Roy

Just posted Great November reports from A&M and C&S.
Cat Snake and Bluethroat photos see relavant species page

Test website see links page

An important petition concerning Crete and its wildlife, please see:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/Save-the-Cretan-landscape

All best Roy

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Alan and Margaret Hargrave live in Western Crete.

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Nikos Samaritakis

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