10,000 Birds

JANUARY 18, 2018

This will be the first time I find myself in Greece in winter. The Lesser White-fronted Goose is one of the most threatened waterfowl species of the Western Palearctic, with illegal killing being the most important threat globally. Both: “The Lesser White-fronted Goose in Greece” by Demertzi et al., The solution?

Greece 184

Greece 2017 Pelicans Geese 184

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. Out of some 4000 buffaloes still being kept in Greece, about 3000 are at this lake. I’m in Greece, after all. mi) above the lake.

Greece 197

Greece Pelicans Buffalo Fish 197

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 26, 2024

All the so-called grey geese – Greylag, Bean, White-front, Lesser White-front, Swan – look very much alike, and it takes experience to identify them by their calls and their shape and size. A first-winter Red-breasted Goose at Cley, North Norfolk As a general rule, geese are birds of subtle, even dull, plumage.

Bulgaria 130

Bulgaria Geese Romania Estonia 130