birdingtripreportcrete[
Hans Matheve
& Tine
This was not really a full-time birding trip, as I was accompanied by my
non-birding girlfriend. We mainly focussed on some nice birding areas and just
observed the present birds, butterflies and dragonflies. The daily records only
show the better species (for me). The insects are included on another line with
their scientific name.
DAILY
RECORDS
Day 1: 3 august
travel from
Brussels to Heraklion
Day 2: 4 august
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Stavromenos beach |
Charaxes jasius, Gegenes nostrodamus |
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Rethimno beach |
Pallid Swift |
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Petres gorge |
Blue Rock-Thrush, Black-eared Wheatear |
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Trithemis purpurea, Orthetrum
brunneum, Orthetrum albistylum, Orthetrum anceps |
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Kournas lake |
Orthetrum albistylum, Orthetrum anceps |
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Georgopouli lake and |
European Shag, Great Reed-Warbler |
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harbour |
Orthetrum anceps |
Day 3: 5 august
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Agia lake |
Squacco Heron, Red-rumped Swallow,
Little Egret |
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Charaxes jasius, Anax parthenope, Sympetrum
fonscolombii, Crocothemis erythraea |
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Fournes gorge |
Red-rumped Swallow, Black-eared
Wheatear |
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Gegenes nostrodamus |
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Samaria gorge |
Eurasian Griffon, Golden Eagle,
Eurasian Crag-Martin, Black-eared Wheatear |
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Pseudochazara anthelea |
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Omalas plateau |
Red-billed Chough, Woodchat Shrike,
Black-eared Wheatear, Red-backed Shrike, Eurasian Griffon, Blue-cheeked
Bee-eater |
Day 4: 6 august
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Samaria gorge |
Eurasian Crag-Martin, Eurasian Griffon,
Alpine Swift, Black-eared Wheatear |
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Pseudochazara anthelea, Pieris ergane,
Gonepteryx cleopatra, Argynnis paphia, Hipparchia cretica, Coenonympha
thyrsis, Polygonia egea, Aricia agestis, Nymphalis antiopa |
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Omalas plateau |
Woodchat Shrike, Eurasian Griffon,
Black-eared Wheatear, Common Raven |
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Melanargia larissa, Hipparchia cretica |
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Agia lake |
Squacco Heron, Little Egret, Alpine
Swift, Pallid Swift |
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Anax parthenope, Sympetrum
fonscolombii |
Day 5: 7 august
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Magnasia area |
Lesser Kestrel |
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Peramos centre |
Lesser Kestrel |
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Georgopouli harbour |
Lampides boeticus, Colias croceus,
Pontia daplidice |
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Episkopi area |
Black-eared Wheatear, Common Raven |
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Pontia daplidice |
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Anogia observatory |
Lammergeier, Eurasian Griffon, Common
Raven, Yellow-billed Chough, Red-billed Chough, Eleonora’s Falcon,
Black-eared Wheatear |
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Hipparchia cretica |
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Anogia dump |
Blue Rock-Thrush, Eleonora’s Falcon |
Day 6: 8 august
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Anogia dump |
Eurasian Griffon, Common Raven,
Peregrine Falcon, Golden Eagle |
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Hipparchia cretica |
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Anogia observatory |
Eurasian Griffon, Black-eared Wheatear |
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Hipparchia cretica, Coenonympha
thyrsis, Colias croceus, Aricia agestis, Polygonia egea |
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Anogia Ideo cave |
Eurasian Griffon, Common Raven,
Black-eared Wheatear |
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Colias croceus, Coenonympha thyrsis,
Brintesia circe, Gonepteryx farinosa |
Day 7: 9 august
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Ierepatra lake |
Crocothemis erythraea |
Day 8: 10 august
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Chandras plain |
Eleonora’s Falcon |
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Kato Zakros |
Black-eared Wheatear, Cory’s
Shearwater |
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Gegenes nostrodamus, Crocothemis erythraea,
Sympetrum fonscolombii |
Day 9: 11 august
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Kato Zakros |
Black-eared Wheatear, Blue
Rock-Thrush, Common Raven, Goudvink, Alpine Swift, Cetti’s Warbler |
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Gegenes nostrodamus, Gegenes pumilio, Hyponephele
lupinus, Sympetrum fonscolombii, Trithemis purpurea, Orthetrum albistylum |
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Elounda harbour |
European Shag, Audouin’s Gull |
Day
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Elounda harbour |
Audouin’s Gull |
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Danaus chrysippus |
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Elounda salt pans |
Greater Flamingo, Little Egret |
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Kastelli area |
Eurasian Griffon, Common Raven,
Eleonora’s Falcon |
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Milatos area |
Chukar |
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Sisi beach |
Yellow Wagtail feldegg, Cory’s
Shearwater, Balearic Shearwater |
Day
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Lassithi plateau |
Eurasian Crag-Martin, Red-rumped
Swallow, Eurasian Griffon, Cirl Bunting, Eleonora’s Falcon, Common Raven,
Chukar |
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Pontia daplidice, Melanargia larissa,
Colias croceus |
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Aski area |
Eleonora’s Falcon, Eurasian Griffon,
Short-toed Eagle, Common Raven |
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Pontia daplidice |
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Thrapsano lake |
Yellow Wagtail feldegg, Eleonora’s
Falcon, Glossy ibis |
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Paleokastro beach |
Alpine Swift |
Day
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Fodele gorge |
Eurasian Griffon, Eleonora’s Falcon |
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Pontia daplidice |
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Damasta area |
Eurasian Griffon, Eurasian
Crag-Martin, Common Raven |
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Fodele beach |
Audouin’s Gull, Eurasian Griffon |
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Gazi lake |
Zitting Cisticola |
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Ammadoura beach |
Purple Heron, Glossy Ibis, Cory’s
Shearwater |
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Heraklion harbour |
Pallid Swift, Cory’s Shearwater,
Balearic Shearwater |
Day
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Heraklion harbour |
Pallid Swift, Cory’s Shearwater, Whiskered
Tern |
FULL
SPECIES LISTS
birds
1.
Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
2.
Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea
3.
Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus
4.
European Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis [desmarestii]
5.
Gray Heron Ardea cinerea
6.
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
7.
Little Egret Egretta garzetta
8.
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
9.
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
10.
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
11.
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
12.
European Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus
13.
Lammergeier Gypaetus barbatus
14.
Eurasian Griffon Gyps fulvus
15.
Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus
16.
Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
17.
Eurasian Buzzard Buteo buteo
18.
Golden Eagle
19.
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
20.
Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
21.
Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae
22.
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
23.
Chukar Alectoris chukar
24.
Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
25.
Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
26.
Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius
27.
Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
28.
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
29.
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
30.
Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii
31.
Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
32.
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus
33.
Rock Dove Columba livia
34.
Common Wood-Pigeon Columba palumbus
35.
Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto
36.
Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
37.
Common Swift Apus apus
38.
Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
39.
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
40.
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
41.
European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
42.
Crested Lark Galerida cristata
43.
Wood Lark Lullula arborea
44.
Sky Lark Alauda arvensis
45.
Eurasian Crag-Martin Hirundo rupestris
46.
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
47.
Red-rumped Swallow Hirundo daurica
48.
House Martin Delichon urbica
49.
White Wagtail Motacilla alba
50.
Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava [flava] [feldegg]
51.
Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
52.
Winter Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
53.
Blue Rock-Thrush Monticola solitarius
54.
Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula
55.
Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
56.
Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
57.
Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
58.
Great Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
59.
Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
60.
Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
61.
Sardinian Warbler Sylvia melanocephala
62.
Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
63.
European Robin Erithacus rubecula
64.
Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
65.
Common Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
66.
Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
67.
Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica [melanoleuca]
68.
Great Tit Parus major
69.
Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
70.
Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
71.
Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
72.
Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
73.
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
74.
Yellow-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus
75.
Eurasian Jackdaw Corvus monedula
76.
Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
77.
Common Raven Corvus corax
78.
European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
79.
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
80.
Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
81.
Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
82.
European Greenfinch Carduelis chloris
83.
European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
84.
Eurasian Linnet Carduelis cannabina
85.
European Serin Serinus serinus
86.
Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
87.
Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
88.
Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
butterflies
1.
Papilio machaon
2.
Iphiclides podalirius
3.
Pieris brassicae
4.
Pieris rapae
5.
Pieris ergane
6.
Pieris napi
7.
Pontia daplidice
8.
Colias croceus
9.
Gonepteryx rhamni
10.
Gonepteryx cleopatra
11.
Gonepteryx farinosa
12.
Danaus chrysippus
13.
Charaxes jasius
14.
Aglais urticae
15.
Polygonia c-album
16.
Polygonia egea
17.
Vanessa cardui
18.
Nymphalis antiopa
19.
Vanessa atalanta
20.
Argynnis paphia
21.
Melanargia larissa
22.
Hipparchia cretica
23.
Pseudochazara anthelea
24.
Brintesia circe
25.
Maniola jurtina
26.
Hyponephele lupinus
27.
Coenonympha thyrsis
28.
Pararge aegeria
29.
Lasiommata megera
30.
Lycaena phlaeas
31.
Lampides boeticus
32.
Celastrina argiolus
33.
Aricia agestis
34.
Polyommatus icarus
35.
Gegenes nostrodamus
36.
Gegenes pumilio
dragonflies
1.
Ischnura elegans
2.
Erythromma viridulum
3.
Caliaeschna microstigma
4.
Anax parthenope
5.
Anax imperator
6.
Orthetrum cancellatum
7.
Orthetrum coerulescens
8.
Orthetrum anceps
9.
Orthetrum brunneum
10.
Orthetrum alibistylum
11.
Crocothemis erythraea
12.
Trithemis purpurea
13.
Sympetrum fonscolombii