10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 15, 2015
“The estuary and the delta of the River Kalamas form the most important wetland of northwest Greece”, so the “ Birding in Greece ” guidebook claims for the area where I am heading, a bit late since I overslept this morning. A few moored boats with piles of fishing nets, but no people. The canals aren’t bad for birds, either.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 18, 2014
The sun rises over the village of Chrysochorafa, by Kerkini Lake in the north of Greece, not far from the triple border with Bulgaria and FYRO Macedonia. Before this trip, I asked Steve Mills, the author of ‘ Birdwatching in Northern Greece ’, which sites would he recommend at this time of the year. Early September morning. Google Map.
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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. Ferruginous Duck – Aythya nyroca 2. Have you ever been at a former lake? This year, we had about 65 dead pelicans.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 20, 2018
I observed my first GS eagles in India some 8 years ago, then the first for Europe in Greece only last December , and finally I have them in my home country list. Simply, they are among the most beautiful ducks around. Common Mergansers, another commoner) awaited me in the rising mist of a winter afternoon. Their claim to fame?
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. It was Thursday when we arrived and every Thursday at Chrisochorafa square is a fish-free evening at two fish taverns.
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. Big flocks of Long-tailed Ducks were a delight, but our target bird, Steller’s Eider, let us down – we found just a single female, not the flocks we were expecting.
10,000 Birds
JULY 6, 2019
Our two newest contributors have shared from Mexico and China, bringing the countries birded this month (also including; Costa Rica, Greece, Serbia, USA, UK, India, UAE and New Zealand) to 10. Fish Crow – Corvus ossifragus. Long-tailed Duck – Clangula hyemalis. Wood Duck – Aix sponsa. 01 Jun 2019.
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