Crete Region, Greece
Crete Region
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List of the videos, photographs and sound recordings taken in Crete Region
Materials recorded in Crete Region
List of all the materials recorded in Crete Region, sorted by rating.11 Videos
Eurasian Griffon (Gyps fulvus)
An adult soaring close to the videographer
LocalityFarangi, Rosas, Crete Region, Greece (ssp fulvus) Brendan Marnell 30 September 2006 20 sec 4.3
Eurasian Griffon (Gyps fulvus)
An adult descending and finally landing in rocks
LocalitySelinari Gorge, Crete Region, Greece (ssp fulvus) Brendan Marnell 30 September 2006 43 sec 4.2
Eurasian Griffon (Gyps fulvus)
An adult soaring in circles
LocalityFarangi, Rosas, Crete Region, Greece (ssp fulvus) Brendan Marnell 30 September 2006 48 sec 4.1
Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)
An adult bird bathing and preening
LocalityRethymon, Crete Region, Greece (ssp curonicus) Joe Angseesing 24 May 2007 46 sec 3.9
Little Stint (Calidris minuta)
A juvenile foraging at the edge of a pond
LocalityRethymon, Crete Region, Greece (Monotypic species) Joe Angseesing 24 May 2007 31 sec 3.9
Eurasian Griffon (Gyps fulvus)
Two adults soaring
LocalityFarangi, Rosas, Crete Region, Greece (ssp fulvus) Brendan Marnell 30 September 2006 50 sec 3.8
Italian Sparrow (Passer italiae)
Male feeding on the ground
LocalityAghios Nikolaus, Crete Region, Greece (Monotypic species) Joe Angseesing 17 May 2007 25 sec 3.6
European Greenfinch (Carduelis chloris)
An adult female drinking
LocalityRethymon, Crete Region, Greece (ssp chlorotica) Joe Angseesing 24 May 2007 17 sec 3.1
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
Birds in a tree, calling
LocalityAghios Nikolaus, Crete Region, Greece (ssp cornix) Joe Angseesing 19 May 2007 29 sec 3
Eurasian Griffon (Gyps fulvus)
In Spring this ledge is a nesting site. Through Summer and Autumn fledgings land here to be fed by regurgitating parents.
LocalitySelinari Gorge, Crete Region, Greece Brendan Marnell 15 October 2007 13 sec 3
Yellow-legged Gull (Larus cachinnans)
Large group of birds following a fishing boat
LocalityAghios Nikolaus, Crete Region, Greece (ssp michahellis) Joe Angseesing 17 May 2007 15 sec 1.7
20 Photographs
Italian Sparrow (Passer italiae)
A male foraging on the ground
LocalityAghios Nikolaus, Crete Region, Greece (Monotypic species) Joe Angseesing 17 May 2007 4
Eurasian Griffon (Gyps fulvus)
Passing near favourite roost
LocalitySelinari Gorge, Crete Region, Greece Brendan Marnell 18 September 2010 4
Eurasian Griffon (Gyps fulvus)
Wait for days for a close flight at Farangi Rosas.
LocalityFarangi, Rosas, Crete Region, Greece Brendan Marnell 29 September 2007 4
Eurasian Griffon (Gyps fulvus)
Adult leaves nest to find food
LocalitySelinari Gorge, Crete Region, Greece Brendan Marnell 29 September 2007 4
Eurasian Griffon (Gyps fulvus)
Take off 60 metres from main road and trucks and buses driving through gorge
LocalitySelinari Gorge, Crete Region, Greece Brendan Marnell 01 October 2007 3.6
Eurasian Griffon (Gyps fulvus)
Youngest griffons learn to fly here less than a kilometre from sea
LocalitySelinari Gorge, Crete Region, Greece Brendan Marnell 01 October 2007 3.6
Eurasian Griffon (Gyps fulvus)
Well-used roost in 2007
LocalitySelinari Gorge, Crete Region, Greece Brendan Marnell 05 October 2007 3.6
Eurasian Griffon (Gyps fulvus)
Take-off from roost into sea-breeze is easy here
LocalitySelinari Gorge, Crete Region, Greece Brendan Marnell 05 October 2007 3.5
Common Raven (Corvus corax)
One of a flock near Farangi Rosas
LocalityCrete Region, Greece Brendan Marnell 18 September 2010 3.5
Eurasian Griffon (Gyps fulvus)
Juvenile taking off from popular roost (& nest site).
LocalitySelinari Gorge, Crete Region, Greece Brendan Marnell 29 September 2007 3.5
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
One of 10 regular greylags at Lake Agia
LocalityCrete Region, Greece (ssp anser) Brendan Marnell 27 September 2010 3.5
Eurasian Griffon (Gyps fulvus)
Taking off from favourite nest/roost site
LocalitySelinari Gorge, Crete Region, Greece Brendan Marnell 27 April 2008 3.2
Eleonora's Falcon (Falco eleonorae)
Hunting over Lake Agia, near Chania
LocalityCrete Region, Greece Brendan Marnell 24 September 2010 3.2
Eurasian Griffon (Gyps fulvus)
Take-off is easy into the slightest sea-breeze blowing up the gorge
LocalitySelinari Gorge, Crete Region, Greece Brendan Marnell 01 October 2007 3
List of the species with videos, photos and sounds taken in Crete Region
Species with materials recorded in Crete Region
List of species with materials recorded in Crete Region. Species that occur in Crete Region but that do not have materials recorded there will not be included in the list.- Herons (Ardeidae)
- Black-crowned Night-heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
- Ducks, Geese and Swans (Anatidae)
- Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
- Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)
- Eurasian Griffon (Gyps fulvus)
- Greater Spotted Eagle (Aquila clanga)
- Falcons and Caracaras (Falconidae)
- Eleonora's Falcon (Falco eleonorae)
- Rails, Gallinules and Coots (Rallidae)
- Little Crake (Porzana parva)
- Plovers (Charadriidae)
- Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)
- Sandpipers, Snipes and Phalaropes (Scolopacidae)
- Little Stint (Calidris minuta)
- Gulls (Laridae)
- Yellow-legged Gull (Larus cachinnans)
- Kingfishers (Alcedinidae)
- Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
- Crows (Corvidae)
- Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
- Common Raven (Corvus corax)
- Old World Sparrows (Passeridae)
- Italian Sparrow (Passer italiae)
- Finches (Fringillidae)
- European Greenfinch (Carduelis chloris)