4^th April.  At Kolymbari.  A black eared wheatear; and an adult greater flamingo!  The latter obviously exhausted as it tried to rest in a recently ploughed field.  Further along the coast we found a fine male montagues harrier harrying some gulls; about 20 yellow wagtails; 2 black eared wheatears; a late kingfisher; 2 common sandpipers; a pair of white wagtails; dozens of house martins; and:
                   At Polymarchi.  A flock of over 1,000 swallows.

5^th April.  At a nearby gorge.  3 honey buzzards; a hobby; a hen harrier; 2 lesser kestrels; a hoopoe; a   blue rock thrush; a pair of nesting griffon vultures; a pair of nesting ravens; a flock of 4 booted eagles; a flock of 6+ collared flycatchers; and a single spotted flycatcher. 
                  At the nest site.  we saw both adult bonellis eagles and the chick in the nest.   
                  Along the coast.  we found a flock of 5 honey buzzards; 1 wheatear; a moorhen; several dozen yellow wagtails; 2 woodchat shrikes; a black winged stilt; 2 redshank; 2 little ringed plovers; a  little stint; and a purple heron.

6^th April.  At Neo Chorio.  A pair of short toed eagles were being mobbed by a pair of ravens.  Then a pale morph booted eagle was being mobbed by a hooded crow; and later a pair of booted eagles slipped by. Then a lanner falcon was making a good job of beating up a buzzard.

8^th April.  On the coast.  Were a hoopoe; 2 wood sandpipers; a little ringed plover; and several dozen yellow wagtails; some of which were female - they seem to follow about a week after the males.

9^th April.  At Neo Chorio. Several serins were flittering around the garden.

10^th April.  At Neo Chorio.  Another hobby while on the coast were 3 woodchat shrikes; a spotted flycatcher; 2 moorhen; a little egret; 2 wood sandpipers; a common sandpiper; and a little ringed plover.

11^th April.  Near Glossa.  We saw a flock of 7 booted eagles; a pair of long legged buzzards; and heard a nightingale singing.

12^th April.  Near the Rodopou peninsula.  We saw 2 griffon vultures; a lanner falcon; and a raven.

13^th April.  At Neo Chorio.   A flock of bee-eaters went over - too high up to be seen - but were clearly heard.

15^th April.  At Neo Chorio.  Thousands of swallows and house martins streamed by all day.
                    On the coast. Were 2 greenshank; a ruff; a wood sandpiper; a common sandpiper.  A fan tailed warbler was calling repeatedly.

16^th April.   On the coast.  We found a single little stint; and in all, 13 red footed falcons.

17^th April.  At Neo Chorio.  Quite a few swifts; 6 eleonoras falcons; over 1,000 swallows; and at least 5.000 house martins.

18^th April.  At Neo Chorio.  A lovely flock of 20+ bee-eaters, this time low down and calling continuously.
                     On the coast.  A marsh sandpiper; 3 wood sandpipers; a black tailed godwit; dozens of sand martins; and several hundred swallows.

19^th April.  On the coast. A single bee-eater; 2 little egrets; and then another flock of noisy bee- eaters too high to be seen.

20^th April.  At Neo Chorio. A hoopoe was calling nearby nearly all day.

21^st April.  On the coast.  We saw a female red footed falcon; a female whinchat; a female marsh harrier; 2 moorhen; 3 temmincks stints; 7 wood sandpipers; 2 common sandpipers; a little bittern; a little egret; a flock of 20+ yellow wagtails; a pair of little ringed plovers; a redshank; and over 100 swallows.

22^nd April.  At Neo Chorio.  Over 1,000 house martins went over.

23^rd April.   On the coast.  We found 5 little stints; 1 common sandpiper; 1 little ringed plover; 1 ruff; 2 moorhen; 1 fan tailed warbler; 2 black tailed godwits; a little egret; and a flock of 3 honey buzzards.

24^th April.  At Neo Chorio.  We were delighted to have a roller in a walnut tree to the side of the garden for several hours.

25^th April.  At Neo Chorio. A male and 2 female golden orioles in the garden.  Then a pair of lanner falcons appeared, very low down at first but then circling and climbing until too high to be seen any more.  Also a single eleonoras falcon and a spotted flycatcher.

26^th April.  On the coast. We found a flock of 30+ swifts; 5 little stints; a little ringed plover; 2 wood sandpipers; a fan tailed warbler; 5 red footed falcons; and the first lesser grey shrike for nearly two years.
                    At Polymarchi.  Excellent views of a male goshawk seriously attacking a buzzard which had to do barrel rolls and put out its talons to defend itself from a really determined attack. Was the goshawk defending a nest?  Do they breed on Crete?

28^th April.  At Neo Chorio. An eleonoras falcon and a golden oriole.
                     On the coast. A wood sandpiper; 1 black tailed godwit; 2 little stint; 1 little egret; and 1 squacco heron.

29^th April.  At Neo Chorio. A turtle dove sang for several hours.
                     On the coast. 5 little ringed plovers; 2 wood sandpiper; 4 little stint; 1 common sandpiper; 1 curlew sandpiper; a singing sedge warbler; 1 female whinchat; 2 red throated pipits; a ( singing) corn bunting; 1 little egret; 1 pied flycatcher; 1 marsh sandpiper; 2 common sandpipers; an eleonoras falcon; and a female ruff.

30^th April.  At Neo Chorio. Several golden orioles were singing in the garden when I awoke.
                     On the coast. A redshank; 3 little stint; 1 wood sandpiper; 3 collared pratincoles; a moorhen; 1 ruff; over a hundred swallows; another corn bunting singing; 1 bittern; a little egret; 9 red footed falcons; 3 wood sandpipers; a red throated pipit; 1 temmincks stint; 1 marsh sandpiper; and 1 common sandpiper.