10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 24, 2023
I first visited Kerkini and this bird-rich region of northern Greece 15 years ago, and have been returning regularly ever since. Kerkini does, of course, attract tremendous numbers of wintering wildfowl, including huge numbers of Common Pochard , by far the most numerous of the diving ducks.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 17, 2017
Located in Thessaly province in central Greece, what is now left of the lake where the god Apollo was married and where the Argonauts built their kingdom is officially called the reservoirs of the former Lake Karla. Spring (migrants and breeding species) and winter (wintering waterbirds). Ferruginous Duck – Aythya nyroca 2.
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10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 3, 2020
A strange duck, let’s see… an eclipse male Red-crested Pochard ! This was the last of the local ducks that I managed to find (it took me years of birding), and ever since I have seen it only once in every 2-3 years. Nearby are four very dark brown ducks… Tufted Duck females!
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 19, 2013
And here I am now, avoiding the two barking dogs trying to bite my tires while I am driving through pre-dawn darkness towards the delta of the river Styx, or Acheron, as it is known today at the Ionian Sea coast of Greece. I can hear the mooing of cows, interrupted by gunshots, while two scared flocks of ducks fly above the delta.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 20, 2019
I was driving along the legendary eastern levee of the Kerkini Lake in northern Greece ( Google Map ) and, listening to the first Golden Oriole flute, was slowly getting closer to a wooded Mt. Five years ago, I observed Dalmatian Pelicans breeding on purpose-built platforms. But let’s start at the beginning. mi) above the lake.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 29, 2023
I also travelled to Kerkini in Northern Greece in June and Kefalonia in south-east Greece in October, so my overall year list was a more satisfactory 272 species. These birds (usually juveniles) are clearly linked to the growing breeding population in the region. My overseas trips did boost the overall year list considerably.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 5, 2024
The next couple of months will of course see a boost to my British list, as summer migrants flood into England, while forthcoming trips to Cyprus, Greece and northern Spain will also turbocharge the European list. A lone Whooper Swan on a grey January day in Norfolk As for the ducks – I’m now up to 15 species.
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