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Group toursHardcore birdingPhotography8 days · 5 to 8 guests · Moderate
Lesvos Spring Migration
Krüper's Nuthatch · Cinereous Bunting · Rüppell's Warbler
24 Apr 2027
2 dates in 2027
Sample image · Lesvos
Birding in Lesvos
The island where Asia meets Europe: a spring migration hotspot with eastern specialities found almost nowhere else in the EU.
Best season: April and May
Lesvos sits a few kilometres off the Turkish coast, so spring migrants pour through its salt pans, river mouths and olive groves.
The pine forests of the east hold Krüper’s Nuthatch, and the bare rocky west holds Cinereous Bunting, two species many European birders come here specifically to see.
Key species here
| Species | Best time | Where | Chance on tour |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black-headed BuntingEmberiza melanocephala | Late April to July | Lesvos, Thessaly, Peloponnese, Attica | Very likely |
| Cinereous BuntingEmberiza cineracea | April to July | Lesvos | Likely |
| Krüper's NuthatchSitta krueperi | All year; easiest April and May | Lesvos | Very likely |
| Olive-tree WarblerHippolais olivetorum | May to August | Lesvos, Peloponnese | Likely |
| Rüppell's WarblerCurruca ruppelli | April to June | Lesvos, Crete | Likely |
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