Lesvos Part 7 of 7, 17th May, 2006

Little Tern could be seen daily at the salt pans.



White stork feed at the salt pans and nest on suitable stuctures in surrounding towns and villages.



European Bee Eater at the salt pans.





Olivaceous Warbler at the salt pans - miles from its usual haunts !



A male Red-backed Shrike along the track to the 'Goat Pit'.



Yellow-legged Gull over the 'Goat Pit'. This area is not for the squeamish !



Eastern Black-eared Wheatear.



The Crested Lark is common here and approachable.



This Middle-spotted Woodpecker was very shy. It has a bill full of food for its offspring but the nest was well hidden deep in a fenced Olive grove.



This Eurasian Hoopoe was feeding in the same Olive grove. The shot was taken from the car through a chain-link fence.

Lesvos Part 5 of 7, 15th May, 2006

There was always something on this small 'flash' behind the salt pans. The water was, however, rapidly diminishing as the week progressed. This morning a Spur-winged Plover posed for the camera.



En-route to the Achladeri picnic site a Great-white Egret was following the coast line North.



The Kruper's Nuthatch proved too difficult to photograph at the Achladeri picnic site. Photography was somewhat hampered as the army were on manouvres in the area - I didn't fancy spending a day in the cells accused of 'spying' ! This Masked Shrike was only slightly more obliging.



A Serin 'jangled' from the tree-tops on and off, but never gave easy views through the branches.



A Whinchat posed along a stretch of coastal track. Near Skala Vasilikon, we stopped for lunch at a remote beach cafe. As we left, a greasy obese Greek diner told us, in stilted English, to 'go back home' !



A Yellow-legged Gull tracking the coast.



Back at the salt pans, a Common Tern fishes in the main channel.



A Black-winged Stilt had nested on a small island in the main channel resulting in three chicks.