The Hellenic Rarities Committee
(HRC) has accepted the following records for 2012 (unless otherwise stated) and
reference to the respective HRC report is given:
TEREK SANDPIPER | Ρωσότρυγγας
Xenus cinereus
One record:
1 Kalloni Saltpans 31 Oct – 2 Nov (photo: E
& W Kappes) (HRC 2012 report in prep).
BLACK-WINGED PRATINCOLE | Μαυρόφτερο Νεροχελίδονο
Glareola nordmanni
2006: One
record:
1 Kalloni Saltpans & Alykes Wetlands 7
May (photo: M & T Sveikutis) (HRC 2012 report in prep).
BLUE-CHEEKED BEE-EATER | Πράσινος Μελισσοφάγος
Merops persicus
Two records:
Adult Faneromeni 22 Apr (photo: R Chittenden et
al);
Adult Kalloni Saltpans 12 May (photo: A Vuijk, P
& V Manning, S P & E F Dudley et al) (HRC 2012 report in prep).
SPECTACLED WARBLER | Καστανοτσιροβάκος
Sylvia conspicillata
2011: One
record:
Male Konditsia Valley 19 Apr (P & V
Manning) (HRC 2012 report in prep).
WHITE-THROATED ROBIN | Λευκόλαιμο Αηδόνι
Irania gutturalis
One record:
A singing adult male North Coast track 8 May
(photo: C & C Stephens) (HRC 2012 report in prep).
PAddyfield Warbler | Λευκόφρυδη Ποταμίδα
Acrocephalus agricola
One record:
1 Tsiknias River 29 Apr (S Wytema) (Lesvos Birds
2013; HRC 2013 report in prep).
This is the first
record for Lesvos and only the fifth record for Greece.
FINSCH’S WHEATEAR | Βουνοπετρόκλης
Oenanthe finschii
1998: One
record:
Adult male Upper Potamia Valley nr Anemotia 15 –
20 May (D & M Walbridge, R Lambert, P Kent) (HRC 2012 report in prep).
richard’s
pipit | Λιβαδοκελάδα
Anthus richardii
One record:
1 Skala Kallonis 6 Oct
(R Thorpe) (Lesvos Birds 2013; HRC 2013 report in prep).
This is the first
record for Lesvos.
COMMON ROSEFINCH | (Κοινή) Ροδόσπιζα
Carpodacus erythrinus
2000: One
record:
male Faneromeni 7 May (P Parsons, M Hnatuik, D
Lewis, N Tovey) (HRC 2012 report in prep).
Yellow-breasted
Bunting | Συμηδοτσίχλονο
Emberiza aureola
One record:
1 Faneromeni 16 Sep (S
Wytema) (Lesvos Birds 2013; HRC 2013 report in prep).
This is the first
record for Lesvos and only the fifth record for Greece.
HRC found the following records for 2012 ‘not
proven’ and are therefore not accepted (these records duplicated in their
respective years - see HRC years left):
2012
FINSCH’S WHEATEAR | Βουνοπετρόκλης | Oenanthe finschii 1 Mt Olympus 27 Mar (HRC 2012 report in
prep).
