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 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. Barn Swallows and Sand Martins (a.k.a.
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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.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 1, 2015
The Prespa Lakes National Park in Greece is well hidden among the mountains at the triple border with Albania in the west and the FYRO Macedonia in the north. One of them has a satellite transmitter around its neck and quite a few have white collars marked with the letter “G” (for Greece?) and dual digits. 02, G04,06,07,40 and G74.
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. BirdLife Greece has recently published the Greek bird finder, available online as pdf and downloadable as an android smartphone application.
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 1, 2014
We are in the village of Finikas on the island of Syros in the Cyclades archipelago of Greece. Off to the nearest kaiki (traditional Greek fishing boat) followed by a flock of shearwaters and gulls. Tha dropping numbers are suspected in Greece and Croatia, and confirmed in Italy, France and Malta. Trips Europe Greece seabirds'
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