WOOD SANDPIPER (Tringa glareola) Kalloni Salt Pans, Lesvos Island, Greece

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The Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola) is a medium sized shorebird or wader in the family Scolopacidae which is in the genus Tringa .  It is a summer resident which breeds across a wide band that stretches eastward from the uplands of Scotland, (where 10 to 25 pairs breed annually), to Scandinavia and to the Pacific coast of Asia. This long distant migrant spends the winter in sub Saharan Africa, southern Asia and parts of Australia.  During spring and autumn, it is irrregularly encountered outside its normal range as a scarce/rare overshooting migrant. 

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LESVOS BUSH CRICKET (Female) (Poecilimon mytelensis) Skala Kallonis, Lesvos Island, Greece

 

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The Lesvos Bush Cricket (Poecilimon mytelensis) is only found on the Greek island of Lesvos. It has a widespread distribution and is commonly encountered throughout the island.

BALKAN POND TURTLE (Mauremys caspica subspecies M. c .rivulata ) Almyropotamos River, Polichnitos, Lesvos Island, Greece

 

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 The Balkan Pond Turtle (Mauremys caspica rivulata) or Western Caspian Turtle is of the family Geoemydidae which is in the genus Mauremys. It is native to Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Syria and Turkey. This taxon is widely treated as a subspecies of Caspian Turtle (Mauremys caspica) but has most recently been considered a full species by some authorities.

SQUACCO HERON (Ardeola ralloides) Kalloni Saltpans, Kalloni, Lesvos Island, Greece

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The Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides) is resident south of the Sahara Desert in western, eastern and south eastern Africa, including Madagascar. There is also a small population in Morocco and Tunisia on the North West African coast. This small heron occurs as a summer resident in central and southern Europe as well as in western central Asia. In the autumn, it migrates back to Africa to spend the winter months there. Its diet includes frogs, lizards, small fish and a wide variety of invertebrates. Text © www.rawbirds.com

BLACK STORK (Ciconia nigra) Kalloni Salt Pans, Lesvos Island, Greece

 

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The Black Stork (Ciconia nigra) is of the family Ciconiidae which is in the genus Ciconia.

BLACK STORK (Ciconia nigra) Kalloni Saltpans, Kalloni, Lesvos Island, Greece

 

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The Black Stork (Ciconia nigra) is of the family Ciconiidae which is in the genus Ciconia.