After the morning of 7 May in Lesbos came the afternoon.
We go to the Metochi lake, a fine area for birds.
A corn bunting singing.
In a tree a bit further, a beautiful, colourful bee-eater.
This is a bee-eater video.
A common sandpiper on the river bank near the bridge.
A black-headed bunting singing from the top of high wild chervil flowers.
Many stripe-necked terrapins on the river banks. Some, just out of the water, dark coloured, with the ones who have been out of the water for longer more sandy-coloured.
A purple heron flying away with a fish in its bill.
Many house martins.
Two bee-eaters sitting on a shrub near the bank. One of them eating a lesser emperor dragonfly.
Walking along the river, an adult terrapin swimming to the left, while a very small terrapin of just a few centimeter swims to the right.
A little grebe with two chicks.
Moorhens with chicks.
Marsh frog sounds.
Then, a bird which most people haver never seen, as it is rare, small, secretive, and lives in dense reed beds: a male little crake. To hear its sound, click here (scroll down a bit).
This is a video of a male little crake in Spain.
A moorhen swims past the little crake’s hiding place.
A painted lady butterfly.
As we go back, a woodchat shrike on a telephone wire.
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