I met Andy and Dave at Gatwick at 6am and we travelled to Athens with Easyjet arriving at 2:40pm. We met up
with Mike and Pat at the Aegean check-in desk where we took the 5:20pm flight to Mytiline. We collected our hire
bus and drove directly to our hotel in Skala Kalloni, where we met Tony, who had arrived earlier in the day. Once
we had checked-in and settled into our rooms we re-assembled and set off for a walk. The light was fading but we
did manage to see some species in the hotel grounds and around the Kalloni Pool.
It was another classic ‘Isles of Scilly in October’ Tour with plenty of exciting rare birds to look for, a variety of weather conditions to cope with and the ever-present outstanding beauty and tranquillity of this special pl...
View ReportWe had 15 glorious days of fun, laughter and, of course, some excellent birding. The weather was very kind to us as we had no rain, only very light showers and one late afternoon downpour. There are a whole string of highlights that I co...
View ReportIt was another successful tour of this magical and bird-rich island, we saw all of the 34 endemic species of birds in our total of 248 species. We also saw over 50 species of butterflies, 21 mammals and a dozen or so reptiles. This beaut...
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