Chris Seaton: Greece Life List IOC, All records Record(s) 1 to 118 of 118 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 24/05/2015 Kalloni Salt Pans, Lesvos 2 Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea 24/05/2015 Kalloni Salt Pans, Lesvos 3 Garganey Spatula querquedula 4 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 5 Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar 6 European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 7 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 8 Common Swift Apus apus 9 Rock Dove Columba livia 10 Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus 11 European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 12 Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 13 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 14 Eurasian Coot Fulica atra 15 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 16 Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus 24/05/2015 Kalloni Salt Pans, Lesvos 17 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 23/05/2015 Christou Wetland, Lesvos 18 Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 24/05/2015 Kalloni Salt Pans, Lesvos 19 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 20 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 23/05/2015 Christou Wetland, Lesvos 21 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 22 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 23 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 29/05/2015 Christou Wetland, Lesvos 24 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 25/05/2015 Kalloni Salt Pans, Lesvos 25 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 24/05/2015 Kalloni Salt Pans, Lesvos 26 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 27 Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan 25/05/2015 Kavaki, Lesvos 28 Black Stork Ciconia nigra 24/05/2015 Alykes Wetland, Lesvos 29 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 26/05/2015 Tsikinis River, Lesvos 30 European Shag Gulosus aristotelis 24/05/2015 Vouvaris River mouth, Lesvos 31 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 32 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus 27/05/2015 Tsiknias River, Lesvos 33 Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 27/05/2015 Potamia Valley, Lesvos 34 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 35 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides 36 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 37 Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus 38 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 39 Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 23/05/2015 Haramida Marsh, Lesvos 40 Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 24/05/2015 Messa Wetland, Lesvos 41 Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus 23/05/2015 Haramida Marsh, Lesvos 42 Common Buzzard Buteo buteo 43 Western Barn Owl Tyto alba 27/05/2015 Skala Kallonis, Lesvos 44 Little Owl Athene noctua 24/05/2015 Kalloni Salt Pans, Lesvos 45 Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops 46 Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops 27/05/2015 Potamia Valley, Lesvos 47 Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 48 European Bee-eater Merops apiaster 24/05/2015 Kalloni Salt Pans, Lesvos 49 Middle Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocoptes medius 26/05/2015 Potamia Valley, Lesvos 50 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni 27/05/2015 Petrified Forest, Lesvos 51 Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 52 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 28/05/2015 Kalloni Salt-pans, Lesvos 53 Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae 54 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 55 Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus 26/05/2015 Kremasti Bridge, Lesvos 56 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor 57 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 24/05/2015 Messa Wetland, Lesvos 58 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 59 Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius 60 Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 27/05/2015 Sigri, Lesvos 61 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 11/08/1999 Douliana, Crete The concept of Hooded Crow is accepted by Clement and now by AERC so no longer classed here as Carrion Crow (noted 20/04/2021) 62 Northern Raven Corvus corax 63 Coal Tit Periparus ater 64 Sombre Tit Poecile lugubris 24/05/2015 Napi Valley, Lesvos 65 Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 66 Great Tit Parus major 67 Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 28/05/2015 Tsiknias River, Lesvos 68 Woodlark Lullula arborea 24/05/2015 Achladeri Forest, Lesvos 69 Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis 25/05/2015 Tsiknias River, Lesvos 70 Crested Lark Galerida cristata 71 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 72 Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris 73 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 74 Western House Martin Delichon urbicum 23/05/2015 Haramida Marsh, Lesvos 75 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 24/05/2015 Vouvaris River, Lesvos 76 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 77 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus 25/05/2015 Lower Tsiknias River, Lesvos 78 Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 24/05/2015 Lower Tsiknias River, Lesvos 79 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida 80 Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum 27/05/2015 Potamia Valley, Lesvos 81 Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis 82 Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris 25/05/2015 Karavaki, Lesvos 83 Rüppell's Warbler Curruca ruppeli 29/05/2015 Kavaki, Lesvos 84 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala 85 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans 25/05/2015 Kavaki, Lesvos Not split on Clements at time of adding 04/05/2021 86 Common Whitethroat Curruca communis 28/05/2018 Tsiknias River, Lesvos 87 Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 88 Krüper's Nuthatch Sitta krueperi 24/05/2015 Achladeri Forest, Lesvos 89 Western Rock Nuthatch Sitta neumayer 25/05/2015 Metochi Lake, Lesvos 90 Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla 91 Rosy Starling Pastor roseus 30/05/2015 Tsiknias River, Lesvos 92 Common Blackbird Turdus merula 93 Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes 28/05/2015 Tsiknias River, Lesvos 94 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 95 Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 24/05/2015 Tsiknias River, Lesvos 96 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius 97 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 98 European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 99 Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 100 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina 27/05/2015 Eresos Antissa, Lesvos 101 Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca 102 Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 103 Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis 24/05/2015 Skala Kalloni, Lesvos 104 Italian Sparrow Passer italiae 10/08/1999 Chania Airport, Crete Passer italiae (added as lifer 12/05/2015) 105 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 23/05/2015 Haramida Marsh, Lesvos 106 Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 25/05/2015 Tsiknias River, Lesvos M.f. feldegg 107 White Wagtail Motacilla alba 108 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris 109 Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 110 European Greenfinch Chloris chloris 111 Common Linnet Linaria cannabina 112 European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 113 European Serin Serinus serinus 24/05/2015 Achladeri Forest, Lesvos 114 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 23/05/2015 Haramida Marsh, Lesvos 115 Cinereous Bunting Emberiza cineracea 26/05/2015 Parakila, Lesvos 116 Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia 24/05/2015 Napi Valley, Lesvos 117 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 26/05/2015 Parakila, Lesvos 118 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala 24/05/2015 Kalloni Salt Pans, Lesvos