https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/ Raptors of Crete Information board at Elos https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=9614065 9614065 Lammergeier....Gypaetus barbatus On the 4th October 2009 near the cafeteria at the entrance to Samaria gorge https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=54696355 54696355 Griffon Vulture..........Gyps fulvus. taken at Agios Dhikios, near Elos West Crete. https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=5141284 5141284 Lammergeier....Gypaetus barbatus On the 4th October 2009 near the cafeteria at the entrance to Samaria gorge https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=54696354 54696354 Lammergeier ........Gypaetus Barbatus Photo 9th May 2008 this young bird suprised us as it appeared from nowhere and right over our heads did a couple of loops before flying onto the Gramvousa peninsula https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=5674004 5674004 Peregrine Falcon........Falco peregrinus flying in front of our front balcony overlooking Kissamos Bay https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=5141270 5141270 Common Buzzard...Buteo buteo https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=10115178 10115178 Common Buzzard...Buteo buteo https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=10115156 10115156 Eleonora's Falcon...... Falco eleonorae taken on the 4th May 2008 this is one of the first Eleonorae to arrive back from its wintering grounds in Africa https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=5196800 5196800 Common Buzzard...Buteo buteo https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=10115179 10115179 Peregrine Falcon......Falco peregrinus https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=10115239 10115239 Dark morph Booted Eagle....Hieraaetus pennatus https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=10115180 10115180 Eleonora's Falcon...Falco eleonorae https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=10115181 10115181 Short-toed Eagle....Circaetus gallicus https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=10115306 10115306 Marsh Harrier ...... Circus aeruginosus This species regularly hunts the grass meadows 200metres in front of the house photo 24th April 2008 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=5613589 5613589 Egyptian Vulture...Neophron percnopterus on migration near Kissamos https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=10115182 10115182 Egyptian Vulture...Neophron percnopterus flying low past the house https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=10976541 10976541 Honey Buzzard...Pernis apivorus https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=10115305 10115305 Kestrel......... Falco tinnunculus Photo taken 6th January 2008 A pair breed nearby and are regularly seen https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=5614085 5614085 Red-footed Falcon........... Falco vespertinus Red-footed's arrive towards the end of April they are here for about two weeks. leaving on their migration northwards they depart in quite large flocks. Photo of this female taken 27th April 2008. https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=5614243 5614243 Sparrowhawk... Accipiter nisus https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=10115308 10115308 Red-footed Falcon ...........Falco vespertinus Red-footed's arrive towards the end of April they are here for about two weeks. leaving on their migration northwards they depart in quite large flocks. Photo of this male taken 27th April 2008 when there were upwards of thirty birds resting on nearby cables and fences. https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=5614781 5614781 Eleonora's Falcon...Falco eleonorae https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=10976670 10976670 Eleonora's Falcon...Falco eleonorae https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=10976496 10976496 Eleonora's Falcon...Falco eleonorae https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=10976542 10976542 Eleonora's Falcon...Falco eleonorae https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=10976497 10976497 Honey Buzzard...Pernis apivorus https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=10976671 10976671 Peregrine Falcon......Falco peregrinus and Chaffinch that came and landed just above and scolded the falcon for some minutes before the falcon went into a stoop into the olives trees. https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=10115307 10115307 Greater Spotted Eagle...Aquila clanga over the house on migration https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=10976672 10976672 Marsh Harrier...Circus aeruginosus https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=10976674 10976674 Marsh Harrier...Circus aeruginosus https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=10976673 10976673 Common Buzzard...Buteo buteo https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=11430907 11430907 Common Buzzard...Buteo buteo https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=10976495 10976495 Pale morph Booted Eagle ......Hieraaetus pennatus and Sparrowhawk.... Accipiter nisus https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=11430912 11430912 Red-footed Falcon..............Falco vespertinus https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=18121875 18121875 Red Kite ...........Milvus milvus https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=6060653 6060653 Short-toed Eagle.....Circaetus gallicus https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=11430910 11430910 Griffon Vulture....Gyps fulvus. The Griffon Vultures land on the grags about 100 metres above the house. https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=11430908 11430908 Common Buzzard...Buteo buteo https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=11430909 11430909 Kestrel ............Falco tinnulculus Photo taken 9th October 2007 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=6000452 6000452 Red-footed Falcon...........Falco vespertinus https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=18121872 18121872 Common Buzzard...Buteo buteo https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=18121873 18121873 Common Buzzard....Buteo buteo https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=18121874 18121874 Common Buzzard ....Buteo buteo https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=18121882 18121882 Red-footed Falcon...........Falco vespertinus https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=18121876 18121876 Montagu's Harrier.....Circus pygargus present for several days Kaliviani area https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=32856595 32856595 Montagu's Harrier.....Circus pygargus present for several days Kaliviani area. behind the houseApril 2009 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=32856600 32856600 Marsh Harrier....Circus aeruginosus Kaliviani area April 2009 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=32856598 32856598 Marsh Harrier....Circus aeruginosus Kaliviani area April 2009 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=32856597 32856597 Marsh Harrier....Circus aeruginosus Kaliviani area April 2009 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=32856599 32856599 Eastern Imperial Eagle....Aquila heliaca Three sightings of two birds April 2009 Kaliviani, over the house https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=32856596 32856596 Griffon Vulture........Gyps fulvus One of several flyiong low over the house onto Gramvousa https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=48068959 48068959 Griffon Vulture........Gyps fulvus 10-08-2009 One of several flyiong low over the house onto Gramvousa https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=48068958 48068958 Lammergeier....Gypaetus barbatus This bird flew over the house at 0945 on the 21-07-2009 Following the Griffon Vultures out onto the peninsula https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=47975886 47975886 Lammergeier....Gypaetus barbatus One of a pair seen near Samaria Gorge on the 16-08-2009 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=48459618 48459618 Lammergeier....Gypaetus barbatus The other of the pair seen near Samaria Gorge on the 16-08-2009 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=48459616 48459616 Short-toed Eagle...... Circaetus gallicus 29-10-2006 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=8727864 8727864 Short-toed Eagle...... Circaetus gallicus .We usually have a few weeks in October when these raptors can be seen hunting the slopes around the house as they migrate south. 29-10-2006 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=8727831 8727831 Lammergeier....Gypaetus barbatus The other of the pair seen near Samaria Gorge on the 16-08-2009 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=48459617 48459617 Lammergeier....Gypaetus barbatus The other of the pair seen near Samaria Gorge on the 16-08-2009 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=48459619 48459619 Hen Harrier....Circus cyaneus Deliana Gorge 29-11-2009 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=60693973 60693973 Common Buzzard.....Buteo buteo https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=8915542 8915542 Raptor Information board at Elos https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=9614066 9614066 Lammergeier.....Gypaetus barbatus Taken at Kalergi Hut January 2008 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=8915621 8915621 Eleonora's Falcon...Falco eleonorae, 2cy . 23-07-08 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=9623712 9623712 Griffon Vulture....Gyps fulvus taken on 29-07-2007 on the ridges north of our house, we were sitting having lunch high on Gramvousa when several birds flew in very low over our heads , an amazing sight, it is one of our highlights seeing them so low and close https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=30012598 30012598 Greater Spotted Eagle....Aquila clanga 05-12-2006 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=72798409 72798409 Greater Spotted Eagle....Aquila clanga 05-12-2006 circling in front of the house https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=72798410 72798410 Black Vulture....Aegypius monachus 14-07-2007 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=72798408 72798408 Black Vulture....Aegypius monachus 14-07-2007 flying onto Gramvousa behind the house https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=72798411 72798411 Steppe Eagle....Aquila nipalensis 1st May 2010 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=82544359 82544359 Steppe Eagle....Aquila nipalensis 1st May 2010 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=82544360 82544360 Steppe Eagle....Aquila nipalensis 1st May 2010 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=82544361 82544361 Steppe Eagle....Aquila nipalensis 1st May 2010, flying north over our house https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=82544362 82544362 Eleonora's Falcon....Falco eleonorae https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=82545091 82545091 Eleonora's Falcon....Falco eleonorae https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=82545092 82545092 Golden Eagle.... Aquila chrysaetos Flying off SSE Gramvousa peninsula on 07-01-2011, right overhead of our house. https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=112257389 112257389 Bonelli's Eagle....Aquila fasciata Juvenile overhead the house flying onto gramvousa peninsula 07-08-2011 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=133967827 133967827 Bonelli's Eagle....Aquila fasciata Juvenile level and 30 metres the house 02-09-2011 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=136673324 136673324 Bonelli's Eagle....Aquila fasciata Juvenile level and 30 metres the house 02-09-2011 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=136673325 136673325 Golden Eagle.... Aquila chrysaetos Flying off South from Gramvousa peninsula on 06-09-2011, near home https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=137015645 137015645 Golden Eagle.... Aquila chrysaetos Flying off South from Gramvousa peninsula on 06-09-2011, near home https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=137015646 137015646 Golden Eagle.... Aquila chrysaetos Flying off South from Gramvousa peninsula on 06-09-2011, near home https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=137015647 137015647 Eleonora's Falcon taking on Hooded Crow 19-09-2011 Kaliviani https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=138155771 138155771 Eleonora's Falcon taking on Hooded Crow 19-09-2011 Kaliviani https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=138155772 138155772 Eleonora's Falcon....Falco eleonorae 19-09-2011 Kaliviani https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=138155774 138155774 Eleonora's Falcon....Falco eleonorae 19-09-2011 Kaliviani https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=138155773 138155773 Eleonora's Falcon....Falco eleonorae 19-09-2011 Kaliviani https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=138155775 138155775 Bonelli's Eagle....Aquila fasciata 19-09-2011 kaliviani, taken from the front veranda https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=138155777 138155777 Bonelli's Eagle....Aquila fasciata 19-09-2011 kaliviani, taken from the front veranda https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=138155776 138155776 Bonelli's Eagle....Aquila fasciata 19-09-2011 kaliviani, taken from the front veranda https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=138155779 138155779 Bonelli's Eagle....Aquila fasciata 19-09-2011 kaliviani, taken from the front veranda https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=138155778 138155778 Bonelli's Eagle....Aquila fasciata 19-09-2011 kaliviani, taken from the front veranda https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=138155780 138155780 Bonelli's Eagle....Aquila fasciata 19-09-2011 kaliviani, taken from the front veranda https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=138155781 138155781 Bonelli's Eagle....Aquila fasciata 19-09-2011 kaliviani, taken from the front veranda https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=138155787 138155787 Bonelli's Eagle....Aquila fasciata 19-09-2011 kaliviani, taken from the front veranda https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=138155782 138155782 Bonelli's Eagle....Aquila fasciata 19-09-2011 kaliviani, taken from the front veranda https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=138155784 138155784 Bonelli's Eagle....Aquila fasciata 19-09-2011 kaliviani, taken from the front veranda https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=138155786 138155786 Bonelli's Eagle....Aquila fasciata 19-09-2011 kaliviani, taken from the front veranda https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=138155789 138155789 Bonelli's Eagle....Aquila fasciata 19-09-2011 kaliviani, taken from the front veranda https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=138155785 138155785 Bonelli's Eagle....Aquila fasciata 19-09-2011 kaliviani, taken from the front veranda https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=138155788 138155788 Bonelli's Eagle....Aquila fasciata 19-09-2011 kaliviani, taken from the front veranda https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=138155783 138155783 Osprey...Pandion haliaetus 24-10-2011 Agyia Lake , Chania https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=141178463 141178463 Osprey...Pandion haliaetus 24-10-2011 Agyia Lake , Chania https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=141178462 141178462 Osprey...Pandion haliaetus 24-10-2011 Agyia Lake , Chania https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=141178464 141178464 Osprey...Pandion haliaetus 24-10-2011 Agyia Lake , Chania https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=141178465 141178465 Osprey...Pandion haliaetus 24-10-2011 Near Agyia Lake , Chania https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=141178467 141178467 Osprey...Pandion haliaetus 24-10-2011 Agyia Lake , Chania https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=141178466 141178466 Eastern Imperial Eagle....Aquila heliaca 05-11-2011 Kaliviani... from the house https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=141996620 141996620 Long-legged Buzzard....Buteo rufinus 17-11-2012, Kaliviani, stayed in the area for three days https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=170022338 170022338 Long-legged Buzzard....Buteo rufinus 17-11-2012, Kaliviani, stayed in the area for three days https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=170022339 170022339 Long-legged Buzzard....Buteo rufinus 17-11-2012, Kaliviani, stayed in the area for three days https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=170022340 170022340 Red Kite....Milvus milvus, Kaliviani, 17-11-2012, another seen on the 21-12-2012. https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=170022341 170022341 Short-toed Eagle...Circaetus gallicus 12-20/11/2012, Kaliviani up to six birds at one point stayed hunting around the house for nine days https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=170022676 170022676 Short-toed Eagle...Circaetus gallicus 12-20/11/2012, Kaliviani up to six birds at one point stayed hunting around the house for nine days https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=170022677 170022677 Short-toed Eagle...Circaetus gallicus 12-20/11/2012, Kaliviani up to six birds at one point stayed hunting around the house for nine days https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=170022678 170022678 Short-toed Eagle...Circaetus gallicus 12-20/11/2012, Kaliviani up to six birds at one point stayed hunting around the house for nine days https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=170022679 170022679 Short-toed Eagle...Circaetus gallicus 12-20/11/2012, Kaliviani up to six birds at one point stayed hunting around the house for nine days https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=170022680 170022680 Kestrel....Falco tinnunculus 30/09/2013 Kaliviani https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=185103954 185103954 Lesser Kestrel 03/04/2013 Kaliviani https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=189050651 189050651 Lesser Kestrel 10/04/2013 Kaliviani https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=189050652 189050652 Hobby...Falco subbuteo 11/09/2014 Kaliviani https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=195271440 195271440 Hen Harrier....Circus cyaneus 20/11/2015 Kaliviani https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=200326313 200326313 Hen Harrier....Circus cyaneus 20/11/2015 Kaliviani https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=200326314 200326314