Content Preface ..................................................................................................................................................... 3 Itinerary ................................................................................................................................................... 3 Saturday 11th ....................................................................................................................................... 3 Sunday 12th ......................................................................................................................................... 3 Monday 13th ....................................................................................................................................... 4 Tuesday 14th ....................................................................................................................................... 4 Wednesday 15th ................................................................................................................................. 5 Thursday 16th ...................................................................................................................................... 6 Friday 17th ........................................................................................................................................... 7 Saturday 18th ...................................................................................................................................... 7 Species list ............................................................................................................................................... 7 Birds ..................................................................................................................................................... 7 Butterflies and dragonflies ................................................................................................................ 17 Reptiles .............................................................................................................................................. 21 Plants ................................................................................................................................................. 22 Visited locations 2 Preface This was a vacation trip with my wife Natalia not fully focused on birding. We flew with Apollo from Copenhagen to Corfu with just seats, hotel booked separately. We took off 9 AM and landed 9.30 AM local time at a cloudy and a little bit rainy Corfu. A pre-booked Fiat was quickly picked up at the airport. With GPS in the mobile we easily found the very good five star hotel Kortokali Bay just 7 km N the airport. We had to wait in the reception until 2 PM to get our room. The stay on Corfu was spent with swimming in the mornings and excursions during the days. It was easy to drive around the island and the roads were good but sometimes quite narrow. Itinerary Saturday 11th Just transportation to the hotel and some walking in the proximity. Airport lagoon Barn Swallow 10 Pos. 39.59826, 19.909303 Alpine Swift 3 09:30-10:00 Yellow-legged Gull 3 Cattle Egret 2 Feral Dove 1 Grey Heron Eurasian Collared Dove 2 Common Sandpiper 1 Kontokali Bay Eurasian Magpie 1 Pos. 39.649660, 19.859923 Tree Pipit 2 11:30-22:00 Grey Heron 1 Sardinian Warbler 10 Yellow-legged Gull 2 House Sparrow 40 Sardinian Warbler 1 European Greenfinch 15 Geranium Bronze 1 European Serin 5 Speckled Wood 1 Willow Warbler 1 Hummingbird Hawk-moth 1 Wood Warbler 1 Sunday 12th A nice tour to the very beautiful mountain Pantokrator with very scenic landscape. A young Large Whipsnake was saved from being killed by anxious monks at the monastery at the top. Pantokrator Eurasian Magpie 1 Pos. 39.747860, 19.872124 Common Raven 2 12:00-16:30 European Greenfinch 10 Blackcap 4 Large Whipsnake 1 Eurasian Blue Tit 5 Great Tit 5 Kontokali Bay Barn Swallow 20 Pos. 39.649660, 19.859923 Common House Martin 10 18:30-22:00 Golden Eagle 1 Eurasian Collared Dove 2 Eurasian Buzzard 1 Sandwich Tern 10 European Honey-buzzard 1 Grey Wagtail 1 Black-eared Wheatear 1 White Wagtail 2 Western Rock Nuthatch 2 Common Sandpiper 1 Eurasian Blackbird 1 Greek Rock Lizard 1 Eurasian Golden Oriole 1 3 Monday 13th This day we drove south. A short stop at the airport lagoon didn´t give so much; it was rather difficult to come close enough. Lefkimmi saltpans though was nice with lots of birds. Airport lagoon Pied Avocet 35 Pos. 39.59826, 19.909303 Grey Heron 2 12:50-13:05 House Sparrow 10 Little Egret 2 Western Yellow Wagtail 2 Grey Heron 2 Tree Pipit 1 Great Cormorant 10 Sandwich Tern 2 Black-headed Gull 100 European Greenfinch 5 Yellow-legged Gull 10 Eurasian Magpie 1 Western Yellow Wagtail 5 Sardinian Warbler 1 Common Kestrel 1 Lefkimmi saltpans Red-veined Darter 1 Pos. 39.446882, 20.061851 13:25-15:50 Lefkimmi Great Egret 1 Pos. 39.422556, 20.063377 Little Egret 5 16:00-16:15 Yellow-legged Gull 200 Bank Swallow 1 Zitting Cisticola 5 Barn Swallow 20 Spotted Flycatcher 1 Red-rumped Swallow 5 Whinchat 25 Icterine Warbler 2 Kontokali Bay Little Stint 15 Pos. 39.649660, 19.859923 Dunlin 10 17:00-20:00 Sanderling 10 Black-crowned Night Heron 13 Common Ringed Plover 10 Alpine Swift 28 Kentish Plover 10 Common Swift 2 Temminck's Stint 2 Common Kingfisher 1 Wood Sandpiper 5 Tree Pipit 10 Common Redshank 2 Hooded Crow 1 Tuesday 14th A day to the north. Antinioti lake was very difficult to approach and seem to hold very few birds. Sidari Barn Swallow 50 Pos. 39.794753, 19.702272 Bank Swallow 10 14:00-15:00 European Goldfinch 20 Common Stonechat 3 Cetti's Warbler 1 Red-rumped Swallow 1 Great Cormorant 1 Willow Warbler 1 Antinioti lake Eurasian Buzzard 2 Pos. 39.813686, 19.856487 Sardinian Warbler 1 15:15-15:35 Long-tailed Blue 1 Grey Heron 2 4 Antinioti lake Wednesday 15th Nice woodlands around Zygos. Agios Stefanos Zygos Pos. 39.753913, 19.639590 Pos. 39.726423, 19.803735 14:10-14:40 15:00-15:30 Red-backed Shrike 1 Spotted Flycatcher 1 Tree Pipit 10 Whinchat 1 Barn Swallow 5 Eurasian Jay 1 Great Tit 1 Barn Swallow 50 Eurasian Buzzard 1 Oedipoda charpentieri 1 Blackcap 1 Scarce Swallowtail 1 Sardinian Warbler 1 Kontokali Bay Pos. 39.649660, 19.859923 19:30-20:30 Little Owl 2 5 Thursday 16th Korission lake was rather approachable but didn´t hold many birds. The dune area was visited. Eventually we found the Ropa valley where lots of passerines were resting. Would be nice with more time for birding in this area. Korission lake Spotted Flycatcher 20 Pos. 39.444990, 19.903848 European Goldfinch 10 13:30-15:20 European Pied Flycatcher 2 Spotted Flycatcher 20 Short-toed Eagle 1 European Pied Flycatcher 5 Eurasian Magpie 10 Whinchat 10 Tree Pipit 1 Common House Martin 20 Eurasian Blue Tit 1 Barn Swallow 50 Eurasian Blackbird 1 Little Egret 1 Whinchat 40 Western Yellow Wagtail 1 Corn Bunting 40 Eurasian Jay 2 European Greenfinch 10 Eurasian Magpie 2 Common Stonechat 20 Eurasian Buzzard 1 Cetti's Warbler 2 Northern Wheatear 1 Great Tit 1 European Greenfinch 2 House Sparrow 20 Crested Lark 1 Zitting Cisticola 1 Kontokali Bay Common Kestrel 1 Pos. 39.649660, 19.859923 Painted Lady 1 18:10-20:30 Little Owl 1 Ropa valley Alpine Swift 25 Pos. 39.629494, 19.792999 Common Kingfisher 1 16:15-17:45 Little Egret 1 Willow Warbler 1 Wood Warbler 1 Ropa valley 6 Friday 17th Visited again the mountain area around Pantokrator. Episkepsi-Lazaratika-Strinylas Eurasian Blue Tit 4 Pos. 39.775623, 19.822491 Great Tit 4 13:10-15:30 Oedipoda charpentieri 1 Western Rock Nuthatch 2 Meadow Brown 1 Lesser Whitethroat 1 Silver-washed Fritillary 1 Common Chiffchaff 1 Alpine Swift 2 Kerkira Spotted Flycatcher 50 Pos. 39.619299, 19.919585 European Greenfinch 4 19:30-20:30 Eurasian Jay 4 Alpine Swift 200 Saturday 18th Home transportation. Korfu airport European Robin 2 Pos. 39.608175, 19.915176 -10:00 Species list Birds 1. Great Cormorant Storskarv (Phalacrocorax carbo) (2 sightings, 11 ind) 10 Airport lagoon 13-9, 1 Antinioti lake 14-9 2. Black-crowned Night Heron Natthäger (Nycticorax nycticorax) (2 sightings, 13 ind) 9 1c migrating w Kontokali Bay 13-9, 4 adult migrating w Kontokali Bay 13-9 3. Cattle Egret Kohäger (Bubulcus ibis) (1 sightings, 2 ind) 2 Airport lagoon 11-9 4. Little Egret Silkeshäger (Egretta garzetta) (4 sightings, 9 ind) 2 Airport lagoon 13-9, 5 Lefkimmi saltpans 13-9, 1 Kontokali Bay 16-9, 1 Korission lake 16-9 Little Egret, Lefkimmi saltpans 7 5. Great Egret Ägretthäger (Ardea alba) (1 sightings, 1 ind) 1 adult flying by Lefkimmi saltpans 13-9 Great Egret, Lefkimmi saltpans 6. Grey Heron Gråhäger (Ardea cinerea) (5 sightings, 7 ind) Airport lagoon 11-9, 1 migrating s Kontokali Bay 12-9, 2 Airport lagoon 13-9, 2 Lefkimmi saltpans 13-9, 2 Antinioti lake 14-9 7. European Honey-buzzard Bivråk (Pernis apivorus) (1 sightings, 1 ind) 1 Pantokrator 12-9 8. Short-toed Eagle Ormörn (Circaetus gallicus) (1 sightings, 1 ind) 1 hoovering and slowly moving towards N Ropa valley 16-9 9. Eurasian Buzzard Ormvråk (Buteo buteo) (4 sightings, 5 ind) 1 Pantokrator 12-9, 2 in pair Antinioti lake 14-9, 1 Agios Stefanos 15-9, 1 Korission lake 16-9 10. Golden Eagle Kungsörn (Aquila chrysaetos) (1 sightings, 1 ind) 1 5c+ Pantokrator 12-9 11. Common Kestrel Tornfalk (Falco tinnunculus) (2 sightings, 2 ind) 1 male Lefkimmi saltpans 13-9, 1 Korission lake 16-9 12. Common Ringed Plover Större strandpipare (Charadrius hiaticula) (1 sightings, 10 ind) 10 Lefkimmi saltpans 13-9 13. Kentish Plover Svartbent strandpipare (Charadrius alexandrinus) (1 sightings, 10