Santorini Holiday
I can't believe I haven't posted anything since May! I have been walking and cycling locally and seen the usual local summer birds, but I haven't posted because I haven't taken my camera or seen anything unusual. Anyway, here's a quick post about a trip to Santorini. By reading a couple of trip reports before going to the island, I knew it would be pretty poor for birds. This was a week's family holiday between 13th and 20th August based in Perissa in the south of the island. The island is geologically stunning, being a volcanic caldera, but it has little decent bird habitat. It is primarily vineyards or a dry landscape and bare rock. A couple of phone images here give the picture: Looking north towards Fira - the most significant town on the island I didn't take a camera to photograph birds as I wasn't planning on 'birding'. I did take a pair of binoculars but barely used them. The list of birds I saw while travelling around the island is below ...