10,000 Birds
JULY 27, 2023
All around Porto Lagos (220 km / 140 mi east of Thessaloniki) lies the largest national park of Greece, Nestos Delta and the Vistonida-Ismarida lakes and lagoons complex, founded in 2008. The area is one of the most important in Greece for birds, comprising more than 270 species.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 1, 2015
Add more than 350 pairs of White Pelicans to that picture, numerous herons and up to 700 pairs of Pygmy Cormorants breeding in the same reedbeds (cover photo)… It must be bursting with activity in spring, but I was there in mid-September. Hence, the smaller lake is frozen in winter, while the bigger one never freezes. and dual digits.
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10,000 Birds
MAY 15, 2014
It is an early April morning and we are in the hills surrounding Lake Kerkini in the north of Greece. At the same time, one Black Stork wades through the shallows, right next to the road. There are a few spots where entering the heronry is allowed and the birds breeding in that section seem to be habituated to the visits.
10,000 Birds
MAY 7, 2020
Like many of you, I had plans for this year’s spring migration: to bird the very best tour of the Balkans, heading for northeastern Greece. First, 800 km of driving from Belgrade through Bulgaria to very NE corner of Greece and the Dadia Forest National Park with its 36 species of diurnal raptors, out of Europe’s 38.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 29, 2016
Have you read my blogs on birding Greece ? Presuming that you live somewhere in Europe and plan a car trip to Greece, let me suggest a couple of routes that will increase your tour list. For the Ionian Sea, take the motorway exit for the town of Prilep, continue through Bitola and head for the Medzitlija – Niki crossing to Greece.
10,000 Birds
MAY 17, 2024
Incidentally, it’s worth mentioning that Martin is convinced that it was the House Martins that decoyed in the Bee-eaters in the first place, and I am sure that he is right. I was sure that such a large flock of these stunning birds would be reported elsewhere in Suffolk or Norfolk, but they just disappeared, never to be seen again.
10,000 Birds
MAY 1, 2014
We are in the village of Finikas on the island of Syros in the Cyclades archipelago of Greece. This shearwater is a Mediterranean endemic, breeding from Sardinia and Corsica to the Adriatic and the Aegean. Tha dropping numbers are suspected in Greece and Croatia, and confirmed in Italy, France and Malta. diomedea ).
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