Lesvos, May 2009
A birding-and-photography holiday, from 2-9 May 2009, based in the Aegean hotel at Skala Kalloni, a town in the centre of the island at the head of the giant Kalloni bay. Many thanks to Tony Mills, Simon Stirrup and Tim Wilson for their good company throughout this excellent trip. Click on central thumbnail below to commence the slideshow (10 sec. per image). Click on the base of the slide to reveal the 'slide controllers' for manual control of slide advancement. Let mouse hover over the upper part of the slide to reveal extra image commentary text.

Lesvos scenery

White-winged Black Tern

Gull-billed Tern

Whiskered Tern

Ruddy Shelduck

Black Stork

Little Bittern

Yellow-legged Gull

Long-legged Buzzard

Alpine Swift

Crested Lark

Crested Lark (juv.)

Eastern Bonelli's Warbler

Wood Warbler

Subalpine Warbler

Cetti's Warbler

Whinchat

Krupper's Nuthatch

Spanish Sparrow

Red-throated Pipit

Spotted Flycatcher

Collared Flycatcher

Woodchat Shrike

Corn Bunting

Black-headed Bunting

Red-rumped Swallow

Bee-eater

Rufous Bush Robin
