The Hellenic Rarities
Committee (ΗRC) has accepted the following records for 2011 (unless otherwise
stated) and reference to the respective HRC report is given:
European
storm-petrel | Υδροβάτης
Hydrobates
pelagicus
One record (Lesvos Birds 2013; HRC13 in prep):
One record (Lesvos Birds 2013; HRC13 in prep):
1 at sea 22 nautical miles SW
of Sigri (K Gaganis, V Trigou).
This becomes only the
fourth record for Lesvos.
STEPPE EAGLE | Στεπαετός
Aquila nipalensis
One record (HRC11 in
prep):
2007: a sub-adult near Eresos 12 May (photo: Jonathan
& May Yan Bryant).
This becomes the first
of only two accepted records for Lesvos
SAKER FALCON | Στεπογέρακο
Falco cherrug
One record (HRC11 in
prep):
2002: Tsiknias River 6 May (Paul & Vera
Manning).
This is only the
second accepted record for Lesvos.
WHITE-TAILED LAPWING (PLOVER) | Λεύκουρη Καλημάνα
Vanellus leucurus
One record (HRC10):
2001: 1 Mesa 7 May (J & A Hazell).
This is the first
accepted record for Lesvos.
BLACK-WINGED
PRATINCOLE | Μαυρόφτερο Νεροχελίδονο
Glareola nordmanni
One record (HRC11 in
prep):
1 Kalloni Saltpans 13
– 14 May (photo: Stephen Gibson, Terry Robinson et al).
Only the fifth record
for Lesvos.
LESSER CRESTED TERN | Πορτοκαλόραμφο Γλαρόνι
Thalasseus bengalensis
One record (HRC10):
2001: 1 Kalloni and Polichnitos Saltpans 6 – 7 May
(photo: Duncan Walbridge, David Nye).
This is the first
accepted record for Lesvos.
ARCTIC TERN | Χιονογλάρονο
Sterna paradisaea
One record (HRC09):
2005: 1 Kalloni Saltpans 20 – 21 April (Steve Dudley,
Duncan MacDonald et al).
This is the first
accepted record for Lesvos and the tenth record for Greec.
WHITE-THROATED
KINGFISHER | Σμυρναλκυόνη
Halcyon smyrnensis
One record (HRC09):
2007: 1 Agios Fokas 29 September (J & D
Main).
This is the first
accepted record for Lesvos.
SPECTACLED WARBLER | Καστανοτσιροβάκος
Sylvia conspicillata
One record (HRC11 in
prep):
An adult male Sigri
Fields 19 Apr (Steve Dudley, David & Daphne Knight, Susan Osborne,
Christine & John Shawyer, Paul & Carolyn Edis).
The first confirmed
record for Lesvos.
WHITE-THROATED ROBIN |
Λευκόλαιμο Αηδόνι
Irania gutturalis
Three records (HRC11
in prep):
A male Ipsilou 8 May
(photo: Jeff Hazell)
A female Meladia
Valley 11 May (Ian & Sue Hardy)
A female Sigri 13 May
(photo: Wulf & Eva Kappes).
This takes the number
of Lesvos records to eight.
FINSCH’S WHEATEAR | Βουνοπετρόκλης
Oenanthe finschii
One record (HRC11 in
prep):
Male nr Ipsilou 24 Apr
(Steve Dudley, Roger & Pam Crofts, Peter Stoppard)
This is only the third
accepted record for Lesvos and the fourth record for Greece.
HRC found the
following records for 2010 ‘not proven’ and are therefore not accepted (these records
duplicated in their respective years - see HRC years left):
2011
Caucasian Chiffchaff |
Δεντροφυλλοσκόπος του Καυκάσου | Phylloscopus (collybita) lorenzii 1
Konditsia valley 1 May (HRC)
2006
Black-winged
Pratincole | Μαυρόφτερο Νεροχελίδονο | Glareola nordmanni
Two records:
2 Polichnitos Saltpans
28 Apr
10 Polichnitos
Saltpans 29 Apr
Lesser Short-toed Lark
| Μικρογαλιάντρα της Ερήμου | Calandrella rufescens 2 Polichnitos
Saltpans 27 Apr
2002
Oriental Pratincole | Ανατολικό Νεροχελίδονο| Glareola
maldivarum 1 Kalloni Saltpans 6 May (HRC)
2000
Upcher’s Warbler | Σταχτοστριτσίδα| Hippolais languida 1 between Efthalou
and Skala Sikaminias (North Coast track) 10 May
Blackstart | Μαυρονούρης| Cercomela melanura 1 Meladia Valley 5
May
Finsch’s
Wheatear | Βουνοπετρόκλης | Oenanthe finschii 1 Meladia Valley 8
May
