Volunteering at Antikythira

European Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus, Γιδοβύζι)

First day of ringing today!  Still not a lot of birds around but that could be due to the wind. In total we got around 20 birds belonging to 10 species. The first bird to be extracted from the nets was a European Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus, Γιδοβύζι) while the most abundant was the Common Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos, Αηδόνι).

Other species trapped today :

Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis, Δεντροκελάδα), European Robin (Erithacus rubecula, Κοκκινολαίμης), Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos, Τσίχλα), Common Whitethroat (Sylvia communis, Θαμνοτσιροβάκος) , Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla, Μαυροσκούφης), Eastern Bonelli’s Warbler (Phylloscopus orientalis, Βουνοφυλλοσκόπος), Common Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita, Δεντροφυλλοσκόπος), Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca, Μαυρομυγοχάφτης).