Crete Region, Greece
Crete Region
Localities
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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.13 Videos
Eurasian Griffon (Gyps fulvus)
An adult soaring in circles
LocalityFarangi, Rosas, Crete Region, Greece (ssp fulvus) Brendan Marnell 30 September 2006 48 sec 4.4
Black-eared Wheatear (Oenanthe hispanica)
male with insect in beak, making some calls
LocalityLato Archaeological Site, Crete Region, Greece (ssp melanoleuca) Joe Angseesing 20 May 2009 62 sec 4.3
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
Black-eared Wheatear (Oenanthe hispanica)
female with insect in beak, making some calls
LocalityLato Archaeological Site, Crete Region, Greece (ssp melanoleuca) Joe Angseesing 20 May 2009 74 sec 4
Italian Sparrow (Passer italiae)
Male feeding on the ground
LocalityAghios Nikolaus, Crete Region, Greece (Monotypic species) Joe Angseesing 17 May 2007 25 sec 4
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
23 Photographs
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
Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Adult male in breeding plumage on top of Selena mountain (1559 m)
LocalityAghios Nikolaus, Crete Region, Greece (ssp libanotica) MichaelP 25 May 2011 3.8
Eurasian Griffon (Gyps fulvus)
Passing near favourite roost
LocalitySelinari Gorge, Crete Region, Greece Brendan Marnell 18 September 2010 3.7
Eurasian Griffon (Gyps fulvus)
Adult in flight at Koupa mountain
LocalityAghios Nikolaus, Crete Region, Greece (ssp fulvus) MichaelP 23 May 2011 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)
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)
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
3 Sounds
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Common Stonechat (Saxicola torquatus)
male singing on wire
Locality:Amnissos, Crete Region, Greece Joe Angseesing 24 May 2009 5
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Black-eared Wheatear (Oenanthe hispanica)
Short 'wheep' calls from a female with an insect in its beak
Locality:Lato Archaeological Site, Crete Region, Greece Joe Angseesing 20 May 2009 5
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Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)
A bird calls as it sits down on a sandy beach
Locality:Rethymon, Crete Region, Greece Joe Angseesing 26 May 2007 3.7
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)
- Snipes, Sandpipers and Phalaropes (Scolopacidae)
- Little Stint (Calidris minuta)
- Gulls (Laridae)
- Yellow-legged Gull (Larus cachinnans)
- Kingfishers (Alcedinidae)
- Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
- Thrushes (Turdidae)
- Common Stonechat (Saxicola torquatus)
- Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
- Black-eared Wheatear (Oenanthe hispanica)
- Crows (Corvidae)
- Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
- Common Raven (Corvus corax)
- Old World Sparrows (Passeridae)
- Italian Sparrow (Passer italiae)
- Finches (Fringillidae)
- European Greenfinch (Carduelis chloris)