Volunteering at Antikythira

In our last day we caught 2 Wood warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix), 1 Garden warbler (Sylvia borin), 1 Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla), 2 Spotted flycatcher (Muscicapa striata) 1 Marsh warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus). All of this week was very quiet, probably because it’s very hot in the continent and the autumn birds are there. I would like to […]

Today we went down to the nets and then another Sparrohawk (Accipiter nisus) in the same net, so another healthy run in the morning but when we arrive scaped… But in the next net there were another surprise for us, the barn owl again!! This was probably the big sister of the first one, her […]

Another day with few birds but today at least in the first netround one surprise was witing to us. After a long race at 7:00, very healthy, we caught a Sparrohawk (Accipiter nisus), a big juvenile female, amazing. We also trapped another new specie for the season a lesser whitethroat (Sylvia curruca). The other birds […]

Today we caught 11 birds of 7 species. 1 Blackap (Sylvia atricapilla), 1 Garden warbler (Sylvia borin), 1 Common redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus), 1 Red breasted flycatcher (Ficedula parva), 5 Spotted flycatcher, 1 Willow warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus) and 1 Wood warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix) It seems like the migration it’s over and we are trapping some late […]

          Only 5 birds during all the morning, so a good morning of data entry. Today the visibility was even worse than yesterday, maybe because of the wind from west. Very few birds around and a long morning… At least we trapped a new specie but it was a Robin (Erithacus rubecula) so […]

Today the visibility around the island was very bad and I think that this was the reason of a day with few birds. We get 20 birds. 3 Common redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus), 8 Spotted flycatcher (Muscicapa striata), 1 Winchat (Saxicola rubetra), 4 Red breasted flycatcher (Ficedula parva), 1 Garden warbler (Sylvia borin) and 1 Blackcap […]

 Very good conditions, no wind at all and the temperature was perfect. We get 29 birds of 12 different species but the best thing it’s that we trapped 2 Levant sparrohawk (Accipiter brevipes)!!!! The rest of the birds were 3 Spotted flycatcher (Muscicapa striata), 1 Common nightingale (Luscinis megarrhynchos), 6 Common redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus), 2 […]

Today, we trapped 34 birds of 12 differents species, 1 Common nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos), 10 Spotted flycatcher (Muscicapa striata), 6 Wilow warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus), 1 Scops owl (Otus scops), 1 Garden warbler (Sylvia borin), 1 Marsh warbler (Acrocephalus palustris), 4 blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla), 5 Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus), 1 Common whitethroat (Sylvia communis), 1 Red breasted […]

Today at 5.30 was too windy to open the nets but at 8.30 the wind give ud a break and we decided to open the nets because a lot of birds were around them. In 4 netrounds we get 19 birds and 1 retrap. 9 Spotted flycatcher (Muscicapa striata), 2 Garden warbler (Sylvia borin), 1 […]

Suddenly the wind again. Too strong for open the nets. Day for play fotball and said goodbay to Manolia, who took the boat to Athens with our friend the lesser kestrel (Falco naumani)