Here are selected observations as collected from the Noctaves network devices. We try to keep this updated regularly — daily, whenever we can — so check back often.
Listening notes. Headphones are strongly recommended: many calls are faint and won't come through on phone or laptop speakers. You'll also notice a background hiss on current recordings — a known hardware issue we expect to have fixed before the autumn passage.
Blue Rock Thrush
Monticola solitarius
Antikythera
Or more likely the local subspecies - Monticola solitarius longirostris
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
Antikythera
Close flyby
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
Antikythera
Midday movement: a flock of Wood Sandpipers calling nearby the station well outside the usual nocturnal passage.
Black-crowned Night Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
Antikythera
A lone Night Heron heading south early in the season, calling into the dark for company on the way.
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
Antikythera
Barely August, and the waders are already going. A Wood Sandpiper over Antikythira at 09:47.
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
Caldon Birkirkara
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
Antikythera
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
Antikythera
| Location | Species | Recording | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
Antikythera | Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius | | Or more likely the local subspecies - Monticola solitarius longirostris |
Antikythera | Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus | | Close flyby |
Antikythera | Purple Heron Ardea purpurea eBird |  | — |
Antikythera | Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola | | Midday movement: a flock of Wood Sandpipers calling nearby the station well outside the usual nocturnal passage. |
Antikythera | Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax | | A lone Night Heron heading south early in the season, calling into the dark for company on the way. |
Antikythera | Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola | | Barely August, and the waders are already going. A Wood Sandpiper over Antikythira at 09:47. |
Caldon Birkirkara | Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola | | — |
Antikythera | Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola | | — |
Antikythera | Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola | | — |
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